2 Chronicles 19:9
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
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Gill's Exposition
And what cause soever shall come unto you of your brethren that dwell in their cities,.... Whether sacred or civil, that should come before them by way of appeal from, inferior courts in the country,…
Jehoshaphat, having done what he could to make his people good, is here providing, if possible, to keep them so by the influence of a settled magistracy. He had sent preachers among them, to instruct…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
a perfect heart i.e. a heart undivided in its allegiance; cp. 1Ch 12:38. The judges were not to attempt to combine the service of God with the taking of bribes.
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