2 Chronicles 17:7-9 - Exposition

He sent ; Hebrew, שָׁלַח . The Hebrew text distinctly says, he sent to his princes , not, "he sent his princes." The meaning is—he sent orders to his princes to see to it that Judah was taught ( 2 Chronicles 17:9 ) the book of the Law of the Lord (Le 2 Chronicles 10:11 ; Deuteronomy 4:9 ; Deuteronomy 17:18 ), not, indeed, without their own personal aid in whatever way able to be given, but systematically and with authority by the Levites and priests ( Deuteronomy 33:10 ). This deeper fathoming of the needs of the time, and of what constituted its real safety, was greatly to the spiritual credit of Jehoshaphat. The references ( 2 Chronicles 15:3 ; 2 Chronicles 35:2-4 , 2 Chronicles 35:10-12 ) are full of point. None of these princes, or Levites and priests, are elsewhere mentioned by name.