¹Jehoshaphat returned safely to his palace in Jerusalem.

²But the prophet Jehu son of Hanani met him and said:

Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges To Settle Cases

⁴Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, but he often traveled through his kingdom, from Beersheba in the south to the edge of the hill country of Ephraim in the north. He talked with the people and convinced them to turn back to the Lord God and worship him, just as their ancestors had done.

⁵He assigned judges to each of the fortified cities in Judah

⁶and told them:

⁸Jehoshaphat also chose some Levites, some priests, and some of the family leaders, and he appointed them to serve as judges in Jerusalem.

⁹He told them: