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2 Chronicles 19 Bible study: Not for man, but for the LORD
Jehoshaphat's reason for his judges, "there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes" (19:7), is Moses' own description of the LORD, "who doesn’t respect persons or take bribes" (Deuteronomy 10:17), given as the reason for how Judah's judges were to judge.
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“He commanded them, saying, “You shall do this in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.”
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“After the battle at Ramoth Gilead, Jehoshaphat returned to his house in peace.”
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What's really going on
Wrath, and nevertheless
The chapter opens with Jehoshaphat home from the battle of chapter 18: "Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem" (19:1). Then "Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him" (19:2) with a question: "Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, wrath is on you from before the LORD" (19:2). And in the same speech comes nevertheless: "Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God" (19:3). Jehu's words hold both, the wrath (19:2) and the good things (19:3). Help is azar (tap help), and the chapter before used it of the LORD: when the captains of the chariots turned to fight against him, "Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him" (18:31). The LORD had helped Jehoshaphat; Jehu asks him, "Should you help the wicked?" (19:2).
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- He went out again
- Not for man, but for the LORD
- The law's own words
- Between blood and blood
- A judge who didn't fear God
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The Hebrew word behind it
שָׁפַטshafatsay sha-FAT
Brown-Driver-Briggs: "judge, govern", and specifically "decide controversy". Strong's: "to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against)". The chapter has it three times: Jehoshaphat "set judges in the land" (19:5), "said to the judges", and told them, "you don’t judge for man, but for the LORD" (19:6). The Hebrew of 2 Chronicles has it ten times. Solomon had asked, "who can judge this great people of yours?" (1:10), and in the next chapter Jehoshaphat prays, "Our God, will you not judge them?" (20:12). The law had said, "You shall make judges and officers in all your gates" (Deuteronomy 16:18).
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2 Chronicles 19 Bible study questions
- 1Jehu's words held both: "wrath is on you" (19:2) and "Nevertheless there are good things found in you" (19:3). When someone tells you a hard truth, what helps you hear the hard and the good together?
- 2"You don’t judge for man, but for the LORD; and he is with you" (19:6). Where this week are you deciding something, big or small, that you could do as for the LORD, knowing he is with you?
- 3Jehoshaphat "went out again among the people" and "brought them back to the LORD" (19:4). Who could you go out to this week, and what would it look like?
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