2 Chronicles 19:8-10 NASB

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 19:8

This and the following three verses close the immediate subject by stating with some emphasis the reform in the metropolis itself, of the "supreme tribunal," as it has been called ( Exodus 18:19 , Exodus 18:20 , Exodus 18:26 ; Deuteronomy 17:9 , Deuteronomy 17:10 , Deuteronomy 17:12 ), composed of Levites, priests, and chief of the fathers of Israel ; i.e. probably heads of the whole family that went by the same name. Of course every father was head of his own family, but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 19:10

Come … of your brethren … in their cities . These words confirm our foregoing note, and point to the appeal character of the Jerusalem court. Note also the clear connection of the verse with Deuteronomy 17:8 , Deuteronomy 17:10 , Deuteronomy 17:11 ; Exodus 21:12-27 . Law … commandment, statutes … judgments. It might sometimes need to be shown how the particular commandment flowed from main and essential law ; and the written statute is easily distinguishable from those ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 19:8

The “fathers of Israel” are the heads of families; the chief of the fathers” are the great patriarchal chiefs, the admitted heads of great houses or clans. They were now admitted to share in the judicial office which seems in David’s time to have been confined to the Levites 1 Chronicles 23:4.For the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies - By the former are meant disputed cases concerning the performance of religious obligations. In “controversies” are included all the ordinary causes,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 19:10

The Jews who “dwelt in the cities,” if dissatisfied with the decision given by the provincial judges, might therefore remove the cause to Jerusalem, as to a court of appeal. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 19:8

2 Chronicles 19:8. The chief of the fathers of Israel Who were not priests, or Levites, but such persons of other tribes as were most eminent for their dignity, ability, and integrity. But whether these persons made up one court, called the sanhedrim, by which all causes, ecclesiastical and civil, were decided; or there were two distinct courts, the one ecclesiastical, consisting of the priests and Levites, the other civil, consisting of the chief of the fathers of Israel, it is not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 19:9

2 Chronicles 19:9. Faithfully, and with a perfect heart Passing such sentences with your lips, as your consciences, upon the hearing of the parties, shall judge to be just, and not acting against your consciences through carnal motives, as corrupt judges do. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 19:10

2 Chronicles 19:10. Between blood and blood Between the blood of the person slain, and the blood of the manslayer. See the note on Deuteronomy 17:8. All the cities of refuge, except Hebron, now belonged to the kingdom of Israel, so that the manslayer now usually fled to the courts of the temple, or the horns of the altar; and therefore the trial of these was reserved for the court at Jerusalem. Between law and commandment, &c. When any debates shall arise about the meaning of any of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 19:1-11

The reign of Jehoshaphat (17:1-20:37)Jehoshaphat carried on the reform that Asa began, by destroying all the Baal shrines that remained in Judah (17:1-6; cf. 15:17). Positively, he educated the people in the law of God by forming an official group of instructors whom he sent around Judah’s towns and villages. The group consisted of civil leaders, priests and Levites (7-9). He also fortified Judah’s defences and enlarged its army, so that neighbouring countries feared to attack it... read more

E.W. Bullinger