John Gill's Exposition on 2 Chronicles 19:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Moreover, in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, etc.] This was the great court of judicature, consisting of princes, priests, and Levites, of ecclesiastics and political persons; for causes of both sorts were brought thither: for the judgment of the Lord; in things sacred, which related to the worship of God, and the support of it: and for controversies; of a civil kind between man and man, whether pecuniary or capital, of a more private or public kind: when they returned to Jerusalem; that is, this court was set up at Jerusalem, when Jehoshaphat, the priests, Levites, and chief men that went with him, returned thither.

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