CHAPTER XIX _Jehoshaphat, on his return from Ramoth-gilead, is met by the_ _prophet Jehu, and reproved_, 1-3. _He makes a farther reformation in the land, establishing courts_ _of justice, and giving solemn and pertinent directions to the_ _judges, Levites, c., to do judgement and justice among... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 19:2. _JEHU THE SON OF HANANI_] We have met with this prophet before; 1 Kings 16:7. _THEREFORE_ IS _WRATH UPON THEE_] That is, Thou _deservest_ to be punished. And who can doubt this, who knows that he did _help_ the _ungodly_, and did _love them_ that _hated Jehovah_? And is not... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 19:4. _FROM BEER-SHEBA TO MOUNT EPHRAIM_] Before the separation of the ten tribes, in speaking of the extent of the land it was said, _From Dan to Beer-sheba_; but since that event, the kingdom of Judah was bounded on the _south_ by Beer-sheba, and on the _north_ by the mountains... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 19:6. _TAKE HEED WHAT YE DO_] A very solemn and very necessary caution; judges should feel themselves in the place of God, and judge as those who know they shall be judged for their judgments.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 19:8. _AND FOR CONTROVERSIES, WHEN THEY RETURNED TO_ _JERUSALEM._] Who were they that returned to Jerusalem? Some suppose that it means _Jehoshaphat and his courtiers_, who returned to Jerusalem after the expedition mentioned 2 Chronicles 19:4: but if this were so, or if the text... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 19:10. _BETWEEN BLOOD AND BLOOD_] Cases of man-slaughter or accidental murder, or cases of _consanguinity_, the settlement of inheritance, family claims, c. _BETWEEN LAW AND COMMANDMENT_] Whatsoever concerns the _moral_ _precepts, rites_, and _ceremonies_, of the law, or whatsoev... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 19:11. _BEHOLD, AMARIAH_] Here was a two-fold jurisdiction, _ecclesiastical_ and _civil_: in the _ecclesiastical court_, Amariah the high-priest was _supreme judge_, in the _civil court_, Zebadiah was supreme. To assist both the _Levites_ were a sort of _counsellors_. WITHOUT goo... [ Continue Reading ]