2 Chronicles 19:8

19:8 In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites, priests, and Israelite family leaders to judge on behalf of the Lord ¹  and to settle disputes among the residents of Jerusalem. ² 

2 Chronicles 19:1

19:1 When King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned home safely to Jerusalem, ³ 

2 Chronicles 26:1

Uzziah’s Reign

26:1 All the people of Judah took Uzziah, ⁴  who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

Malachi 2:7

2:7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him ⁵  because he is the messenger of the Lord who rules over all.

¹ tn Heb “for the judgment of the Lord.”

² tc Heb “and to conduct a case [or “for controversy”], and they returned [to] Jerusalem.” Some emend וַיָּשֻׁבוּ (vayyashuvu, “and they returned”) to וַיֵּשְׁבוּ (vayyeshÿvu, “and they lived [in]”). The present translation assumes an emendation to יֹשְׁבֵי (yoshÿvey, “residents of”).

³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁴ tn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 15:1-8 has the variant spelling “Azariah.”

⁵ tn Heb “from his mouth” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV).