◄ 2 Chronicles 19:9 ►
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Good News Translation
He gave them the following instructions: "You must perform your duties in reverence for the LORD, faithfully obeying him in everything you do.

New Revised Standard Version
He charged them: “This is how you shall act: in the fear of the LORD, in faithfulness, and with your whole heart;

Contemporary English Version
He told them: Faithfully serve the LORD!

New American Bible
He gave them this command: “Thus you shall act: in the fear of the LORD, with fidelity and with an undivided heart.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall you do in the fear of the Lord faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he charged them, saying, Thus shall you do in the fear of the Lord faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

in the fear

2 Chronicles 19:7 Let the fear of the Lord be with you, and do all things with diligence: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor desire of gifts.

Deuteronomy 1:16,17 And I commanded them, saying: Hear them, and judge that which is just: whether he be one of your country, or a stranger. . . .

2 Samuel 23:3 The God of Israel said to me, the strong one of Israel spoke, the ruler of men, the just ruler in the fear of God.

Isaiah 11:3-5 And he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord, He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears. . . .

Isaiah 32:1 Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shall rule in judgment.

Context
Jehoshaphat's Reforms
…8In Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed Levites, and priests and chiefs of the families of Israel, to judge the judgment and the cause of the Lord for the inhabitants thereof. 9And he charged them, saying, Thus shall you do in the fear of the Lord faithfully, and with a perfect heart.10Every cause that shall come to you of your brethren, that dwell in their cities, between kindred and kindred, wheresoever there is question concerning the law, the commandment, the ceremonies, the justifications: shew it them, that they may not sin against the Lord, and that wrath may not come upon you and your brethren: and so doing you shall not sin.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said to me, the strong one of Israel spoke, the ruler of men, the just ruler in the fear of God.

2 Chronicles 19:8
In Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed Levites, and priests and chiefs of the families of Israel, to judge the judgment and the cause of the Lord for the inhabitants thereof.

2 Chronicles 19:10
Every cause that shall come to you of your brethren, that dwell in their cities, between kindred and kindred, wheresoever there is question concerning the law, the commandment, the ceremonies, the justifications: shew it them, that they may not sin against the Lord, and that wrath may not come upon you and your brethren: and so doing you shall not sin.

2 Chronicles 19:8
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