2 CHRONICLES 19:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.”
The charge to the judges — 'Consider what you are doing, for you judge not on behalf of man but on behalf of the LORD' (ראו מה אתם עשים כי לא לאדם אתם שפטים כי ליהוה). The theological foundation invokes the ultimate judge; human judges are instruments of divine justice (שפט), not autonomous arbiters of local advantage. The verb ראה (see, consider) calls for reflective consciousness of the gravity of judicial office. This echoes the language of Deuteronomy 1:17 and the instruction to Moses and Joshua — judges must remember they act 'in the place of God' (בתחת אלהים). The Chronicler's post-exilic audience receives this as a reminder that covenantal fidelity requires institutional integrity.
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