1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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II Chronicles 19:8

In Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed Levites, and priests, and chiefs of the families of Israel, to judge the judgment and the cause of the Lord for the inhabitants thereof.

And the. Hebrew, "of the Lord, and for disputes among the people among themselves, (Haydock) and they returned, (ver. 4) or dwelt at Jerusalem." (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "to judge the inhabitants of," etc. Josephus ([Antiquities?] 9:1.) says, "he returned." Syriac, "And being returned....he exhorted."