1 King|strong="H4428" Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" came|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H7965" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
2 The|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H2374" Jehu|strong="H3058", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hanani|strong="H2607", went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428". Jehu|strong="H3058" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Why did you|strong="H6440" help|strong="H5826" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H7563" wicked|strong="H7563"? Why do|strong="H3318" you|strong="H6440" love|strong="H0157" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" hate|strong="H8130" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068"? That’s the|strong="H0559" reason|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" angry|strong="H7110" with|strong="H0413" you|strong="H6440" now.
3 Fortunately, you|strong="H3588" did some|strong="H4480" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697" in|strong="H0430" your|strong="H3588" life. You|strong="H3588" did remove the|strong="H3588" Asherah|strong="H0842" poles from|strong="H4480" this|strong="H3588" country|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0430" you|strong="H3588" did decide to|strong="H0430" ask|strong="H1875" God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3588" advice|strong="H1697".”
4 Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", but|strong="H5971" he|strong="H5704" would|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" among|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971" throughout|strong="H0413" Judah, from|strong="H7725" Beersheba|strong="H0884" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H0430" Ephraim|strong="H0669". He|strong="H5704" helped the|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971" turn|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0413" God|strong="H0430" their|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" worshiped.
5 Jehoshaphat went from|strong="H0776" town|strong="H5892" to|strong="H0776" town|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3063" appointed|strong="H5975" judges|strong="H8199" in|strong="H0776" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" fortresses of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063".
6 He|strong="H3588" told|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" judges|strong="H8199", “Be|strong="H3808" careful in|strong="H0413" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H4100" doing|strong="H6213", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" judging|strong="H8199" for|strong="H3588" people|strong="H0120", but|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068". He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0859" when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" make|strong="H6213" decisions|strong="H4941".
7 You|strong="H3588" must fear|strong="H6343" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068". Protect|strong="H8104" justice and|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H5921" is|strong="H0369" right because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0369" fair. He|strong="H3588" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H0369" treat|strong="H6213" some people as|strong="H1961" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3068" more|strong="H0369" important than|strong="H5921" others, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H0369" accept bribes|strong="H7810" to|strong="H1961" change his|strong="H8104" judgments.”
8 In|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" chose some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H4480" Levites|strong="H3881", priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H3068" heads|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H4480" families|strong="H0001" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1571" judges. These men|strong="H7218" lived in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3068" used the|strong="H4480" law of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H4480" LORD|strong="H3068" to|strong="H7725" settle problems among|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" people.
9 Jehoshaphat commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5921", “You|strong="H6680" must serve faithfully|strong="H0530" with|strong="H3068" all your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824". You|strong="H6680" must fear|strong="H3374" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068".
10 People|strong="H3427" from|strong="H0935" cities|strong="H5892" around|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" country will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3605" problems to|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0834". You|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" listen|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0935" cases where|strong="H0834" people|strong="H3427" have|strong="H1961" broken a|strong="H1961" law|strong="H8451" or|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" command|strong="H4687" or|strong="H3808" maybe killed someone. In|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" cases you|strong="H0834" must|strong="H0853" warn|strong="H2094" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0935" sin against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H0935" angry|strong="H7110" and|strong="H0935" punish you|strong="H0834" and|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3427".
11 “Amariah|strong="H0568" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" high priest|strong="H3548", so|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" final decision about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people’s responsibilities to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". Zebadiah|strong="H2069" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ishmael|strong="H3458" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" leader|strong="H5057" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribe of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", so|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" final decision about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" people’s responsibilities to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". The|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1697" scribes for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3605". Be|strong="H1961" brave and|strong="H1121" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" right|strong="H2896"! May|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" those|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" good|strong="H2896" judges.”