2 Chronicles 19:3-11

3But 12there is some good in you, for 3you have removed the 4Asheroth from the land and you 5have set your heart to seek God.”

4So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem and went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and 6brought them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers. 5He appointed 7judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city. 6He said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for 8you do not judge for man but for the Lord who is with you 9when you render judgment. 7Now then let the fear of the Lord be upon you; 10be very careful what you do, for 11the Lord our God will 12have no part in unrighteousness 13or partiality or the taking of a bribe.”

8In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some 14of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord and to judge 15disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 9Then he charged them saying, “Thus you shall do in the fear of the Lord, faithfully and wholeheartedly. 1016Whenever any dispute comes to you from your brethren who live in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, you shall warn them so that they may not be guilty before the Lord, and 17wrath may not come on you and your brethren. Thus you shall do and you will not be guilty. 11Behold, Amariah the chief priest will be over you in 1819all that pertains to the Lord, and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in 20all that pertains to the king. Also the Levites shall be officers before you. 2122Act resolutely, and the Lord be with the upright.”