English Standard Version

2 Chronicles 19:1-5 English Standard Version (ESV)

1. Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem.

2. But Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, wrath has gone out against you from the Lord.

3. Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”

4. Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem. And he went out again among the people, from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

5. He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,