2 Chronicles 19:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ Moreover, in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed certain Levites and priests and heads of families of Israel to give judgment for the Lord and to decide disputed cases. They had their seat at Jerusalem.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Also in Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat set certain Levites, priests, and heads of families of Israel to give judgment for the Lord and decide controversies. When they [of the commission] returned to Jerusalem,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem.

Common English Bible

⁸ Jehoshaphat also appointed judges in Jerusalem from among the Levites, the priests, and the family heads of Israel to administer the LORD’s Instruction and to settle disputes among those living in Jerusalem.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Jehoshaphat also appointed Levites and priests and leaders of families, out of Israel, in Jerusalem, so that they might judge the judgment and purpose of the Lord for its inhabitants.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ In Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed Levites, and priests and chiefs of the families of Israel, to judge the judgment and the cause of the Lord, for the inhabitants thereof.

2 Chronicles 19:8 Cross References

1 Chronicles 23:4

“Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said, “shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, six thousand shall be officers and judges,

1 Chronicles 26:29

Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were appointed to outside duties for Israel, as officers and judges.

2 Chronicles 19:11

See, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the governor of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters; and the Levites will serve you as officers. Deal courageously, and may the Lord be with the good!”

2 Chronicles 19:9

He charged them, “This is how you shall act: in the fear of the Lord, in faithfulness, and with your whole heart;

Psalm 122:5

For there the thrones for judgment were set up, the thrones of the house of David.

Ezekiel 44:24

In a dispute they shall act as judges, and they shall decide it according to my judgments. They shall keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals, and they shall keep my Sabbaths holy.

Deuteronomy 21:5

Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister to him and to pronounce blessings in the name of the Lord, and by their decision all cases of dispute and assault shall be settled.

Deuteronomy 25:1

“Suppose two persons have a dispute and enter into litigation, and the judges decide between them, declaring one to be in the right and the other to be in the wrong.