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Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.

^(C1)And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, "^(C2)Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD, and ^(F1)(C3)by doing so bring wrath on yourself from the LORD?

"But ^(F1)(C1)there is some good in you, for ^(C2)you have removed the ^(F2)Asheroth from the land and you ^(C3)have set your heart to seek God."

So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem and went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and ^(C1)brought them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

He appointed ^(C1)judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

He said to the judges, "Consider what you are doing, for ^(C1)you do not judge for mankind but for the LORD who is with you ^(F1)when you render judgment.

"Now then, let the fear of the LORD be upon you; be careful ^(F1)about what you do, for ^(F2)the LORD our God will ^(C1)have no part in injustice ^(C2)or partiality, or in the taking of a bribe."

In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat also appointed some ^(C1)of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers' households of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and ^(F1)to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Then he commanded them, saying, "This is what you shall do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully and wholeheartedly.