1. Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned to his home in Jerusalem in peace.
2. Then Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Do you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, the Lord’s wrath is on you.
3. However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have decided to seek God.”
4. Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.
5. He appointed judges in all the fortified cities of the land of Judah, city by city.
6. Then he said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the matter of judgment.