Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Chronicles 19:5
In every city, for itself and the country adjacent, that justice might be administered with the most ease and convenience to the people, and they might not all be forced to go up to Jerusalem.
In every city, for itself and the country adjacent, that justice might be administered with the most ease and convenience to the people, and they might not all be forced to go up to Jerusalem.
What exact change Jehoshaphat made in the judicial system of Judah Deu 16:18; 1 Chronicles 23:4, it is impossible to determine. Probably he found corruption widely spread 2 Chronicles 19:7, and the ma...
CHAPTER 19 REBUKE AND RESTORATION _ 1. The rebuke by the prophet (2 Chronicles 19:1)_ 2. Further revival and restoration (2 Chronicles 19:4) At sun-down Ahab, the King of Israel died, while his ally...
Jehu the prophet reproves Jehoshaphat for having allied himself with Ahab. These verses are mainly from the Chronicler, but see 1 Kings 16:1 ff. 2 CHRONICLES 19:4. This section, a kind of _midrash_ o...
_and he set judges_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 19:11 "also the Levites shall be officers"; and Deuteronomy 16:18 "judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates." In the earliest days justice was ad...
5. THE REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT (17-21:3) TEXT 2 Chronicles 17:1. And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. 2. And he placed forces in all the fortified citie...
_AND HE SET JUDGES IN THE LAND THROUGHOUT ALL THE FENCED CITIES OF JUDAH, CITY BY CITY,_ He set judges in the land. There had been judicial courts established at an early period. But Jehoshaphat was...
HE SET JUDGES] Local courts of justice may have existed before, but Jehoshaphat improved them, and likewise established a court in the capital, which seems also to have heard appeals: 2 Chronicles 19:...
REIGN OF JEHOSHAPHAT (CONTINUED) The chapter narrates how Jehoshaphat was reproved by the seer Jehu for helping Ahab, and how he instituted judges in the cities of Judah. This chapter is entirely sup...
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 19 JEHU’S *PROPHECY – 2 CHRONICLES 19:1-3 V1 Jehoshaphat
AND HE SET. — _Appointed,_ or _stationed._ THE FENCED CITIES. — As being the chief centres of each district. CITY BY CITY. — _For every city,_ according to the Law, Deuteronomy 16:18, “in all thy gat...
וַ יַּעֲמֵ֨ד שֹֽׁפְטִ֜ים בָּ † אָ֗רֶץ בְּ...
JEHOSHAPHAT-THE DOCTRINE OF NONRESISTANCE 2 Chronicles 17:1; 2 Chronicles 18:1; 2 Chronicles 19:1;...
Returning to Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat was rebuked by Jehu, the son of Hanani, in words which it would be well for all of us perpetually to bear in mind: "Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them th...
We hear of no complaint nor anger in Jehoshaphat, like that of Asa at the reproof of the prophet. But we find on the contrary, his heart setting about a greater reform in his kingdom. He abides at hom...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 20. Jehoshaphat, his son succeeds him, and begins his reign by walking faithfully with God. He strengthened his kingdom against Israel, an enemy mo...
AND HE SET JUDGES IN THE LAND THROUGHOUT ALL THE FENCED CITIES OF JUDAH, CITY BY CITY,.... Inferior judges in lesser courts of judicature than that at Jerusalem, and that in every city, that judgment...
_And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,_ Ver. 5. _And he set judges in the land._] Judges they had before; but some of them, haply, fell in the late wa...
_He set judges in the land, city by city_ In every city, for itself and the country adjacent, that justice might be administered with the most ease and convenience to the people, and they might not al...
1 Iehoshaphat, reproued by Iehu, visiteth his kingdome. 5 His instructions to the Iudges, 8 To the Priests and Leuites. 1 AND Iehoshaphat the king of Iudah returned to his house in peace to Ierusal...
JUDGES AND LEVITES IN JUDAH...
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, Cf Deuteronomy 16:18, establishing local courts in every fortified city, after the manner of our county seats with their court-...
JEHOSHAPHAT REPROVED (vv.1-3) Jehoshaphat's experience with Ahab ought to have been enough to speak deeply to him as to the folly of bad associations, but God knew he needed more than experience, so...
2 Chronicles 19:5 set H5975 (H8686) judges H8199 (H8802) land H776 fortified H1219 (H8803) cities H5892 Jud
CONTENTS: Jehu rebukes Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahab. CHARACTERS: God, Jehoshaphat, Jehu, Amariah, Zebadiah. CONCLUSION: Rebuke a wise man and he will take warning (Proverbs 9:8-9) and if he trul...
REFLECTIONS. Wisdom is well bought, if it be not bought too dear. Jehoshaphat returned from the battle at Ramoth-gilead, beaten indeed by the Assyrians, but more so by the reproaches of his own mind....
_And he set Judges in the land._ GOOD GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE THE RESULT OF PIETY IN RULERS Alfred the Great was a distinguished statesman and warrior, as well as zealous for true religion. St. Louis of...
_And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem._ JEHOSHAPHAT’S DECLENSION AND RECOVERY I. God makes a difference between a backslidden child and an apostate. 1. He p...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 19:5 The instructions in Deuteronomy 16:18 guide Jehoshaphat’s action in appointing JUDGES in the...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter is entirely additional to Kings, and of great interest. It deals with three matters only, the rebuke addressed to Jehosh. by the profit Jehu (2 Chronicles 19:1); the pers...
EXPOSITION The matter of this chapter is preserved for us by the writer of Chronicles alone, and is of much significance. After glancing at the moment's outward "peace" (2 Chronicles 19:1), which Jeho...
This time let's turn to II Chronicles, chapter 19. We are dealing at the present time in this area of scripture with the reign of Jehoshaphat, king over Judah. For the most part, Jehoshaphat was a goo...
1 Peter 2:13; 1 Peter 2:14; 2 Chronicles 19:8; Deuteronomy 16:18;...