2 CHRONICLES 19:4 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer–sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the Lord God of their fathers.”
Jehoshaphat journeyed throughout Judah, teaching the people — 'he went about among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim' (הוא הלך בעם מבאר שבע עד הר אפרים). The circuit evokes Moses and Joshua's leadership tours, establishing the kingdom as extended covenant community. The verb הלך (went about) suggests pastoral presence, not distant decree. His explicit task was teaching (למד), transmitting the tradition and commandments of the LORD — this emphasizes education as renewal. The Chronicler's interest in כהנים (priests) and לויים (Levites) as teachers appears more fully in vv. 8-11; here Jehoshaphat models the monarchical role in the transmission of wisdom and law.
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