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And Jehoshaphat[H3092] the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063]returned[H7725] to his house[H1004] in peace[H7965] to Jerusalem[H3389].
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And Jehu[H3058] the son[H1121] of Hanani[H2607] the seer[H2374] went out[H3318] to meet[H6440] him, and said[H559] to king[H4428]Jehoshaphat[H3092], Shouldest thou help[H5826] the ungodly[H7563], and love[H157] them that hate[H8130] the LORD?[H3068]therefore[H2063] is wrath[H7110] upon thee from before[H6440] the LORD[H3068].
3Nevertheless[H61] there are good[H2896]things[H1697]found[H4672] in thee, in that thou hast taken away[H1197] the groves[H842] out of the land[H776], and hast prepared[H3559] thine heart[H3824] to seek[H1875]God[H430].
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And Jehoshaphat[H3092]dwelt[H3427] at Jerusalem[H3389]: and he went out[H3318]again[H7725] through the people[H5971] from Beersheba[H884] to mount[H2022]Ephraim[H669], and brought them back[H7725] unto the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of their fathers[H1].
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And he set[H5975]judges[H8199] in the land[H776] throughout all the fenced[H1219]cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], city[H5892] by city[H5892],
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And said[H559] to the judges[H8199], Take heed[H7200] what ye do[H6213]: for ye judge[H8199] not for man[H120], but for the LORD[H3068], who is with you in the judgment[H1697].
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Wherefore now let the fear[H6343] of the LORD[H3068] be upon you; take heed[H8104] and do[H6213] it: for there is no iniquity[H5766] with the LORD[H3068] our God[H430], nor respect[H4856] of persons[H6440], nor taking[H4727] of gifts[H7810].
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Moreover in Jerusalem[H3389] did Jehoshaphat[H3092]set[H5975] of the Levites[H3881], and of the priests[H3548], and of the chief[H7218] of the fathers[H1] of Israel[H3478], for the judgment[H4941] of the LORD[H3068], and for controversies[H7379], when they returned[H7725] to Jerusalem[H3389].
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And he charged[H6680] them, saying[H559], Thus shall ye do[H6213] in the fear[H3374] of the LORD[H3068], faithfully[H530], and with a perfect[H8003]heart[H3824].
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And what cause[H7379] soever shall come[H935] to you of your brethren[H251] that dwell[H3427] in their cities[H5892], between blood[H1818] and blood[H1818], between law[H8451] and commandment[H4687], statutes[H2706] and judgments[H4941], ye shall even warn[H2094] them that they trespass[H816] not against the LORD[H3068], and so wrath[H7110]come[H935] upon you, and upon your brethren[H251]: this[H3541]do[H6213], and ye shall not trespass[H816].
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And, behold, Amariah[H568] the chief[H7218]priest[H3548] is over you in all matters[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]; and Zebadiah[H2069] the son[H1121] of Ishmael[H3458], the ruler[H5057] of the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063], for all the king's matters[H1697]: also the Levites[H3881] shall be officers[H7860]before[H6440] you. Deal[H6213]courageously[H2388], and the LORD[H3068] shall be with the good[H2896].