and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you don’t judge for man, but for the LORD; and he is with you in the judgment.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Chronicles 19:6 in context
2 Chronicles 19:3–9
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Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”
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Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
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He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
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and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you don’t judge for man, but for the LORD; and he is with you in the judgment.
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Now therefore let the fear of the LORD be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”
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Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed certain Levites, priests, and heads of the fathers’ households of Israel to give judgment for the LORD and for controversies. They returned to Jerusalem.
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He commanded them, saying, “You shall do this in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
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