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2 Chronicles 19:8

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Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do [it]: for [there is] no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.	Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and [of] the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.	And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Moreover in Jerusalem^H3389 did Jehoshaphat^H3092 set^H5975 of the Levites^H3881, and of the priests^H3548, and of the chief^H7218 of the fathers^H1 of Israel^H3478, for the judgment^H4941 of the LORD^H3068, and for controversies^H7379, when they returned^H7725 to Jerusalem^H3389.

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Original Hebrew

וְגַם בִּירוּשָׁלִַם הֶעֱמִיד יְהֹושָׁפָט מִן־הַלְוִיִּם וְהַכֹּהֲנִים וּמֵרָאשֵׁי הָאָבֹות לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְמִשְׁפַּט יְהוָה וְלָרִיב וַיָּשֻׁבוּ יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/גַ֣ם	ve./Gam	H1571	HC/Ta	and/ also
בִּ֠/ירוּשָׁלִַם	Bi./ru.sha.lim	H3389	HR/Np	in/ Jerusalem
הֶעֱמִ֨יד	he.'e.Mid	H5975	HVhp3ms	he appointed
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֜ט	ye.ho.sha.Fat	H3092	HNp	Jehoshaphat
מִן	min-	H4480	HR	some of
הַ/לְוִיִּ֣ם	ha/l.vi.Yim	H3881	HTd/Ngmpa	the/ Levites
וְ/הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֗ים	ve./ha./ko.ha.Nim	H3548	HC/Td/Ncmpa	and/ the/ priests
וּ/מֵ/רָאשֵׁ֤י	u./me./ra.Shei	H7218	HC/R/Ncmpc	and/ some of/ (the) heads of
הָ/אָבוֹת֙	ha./'a.Vot	H1	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ fathers
לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	le./Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HR/Np	of/ Israel
לְ/מִשְׁפַּ֥ט	le./mish.Pat	H4941	HR/Ncmsc	for/ (the) judgment of
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
וְ/לָ/רִ֑יב	ve./la./Riv	H7379	HC/Rd/Ncbsa	and/ for (the)/ dispute(s)
וַ/יָּשֻׁ֖בוּ	va/i.ya.Shu.vu	H7725	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they returned
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	HNp	Jerusalem

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3092 — יְהוֹשָׁפָט (Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ, yeh-ho-shaw-fawt'): from יְהֹוָה and שָׁפַט; Jehovah-judged; Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem; Jehoshaphat. Compare יוֹשָׁפָט.
• H3389 — יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im): rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשָׁלֵם)); probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה and שָׁלַם; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine; Jerusalem.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H3548 — כֹּהֵן (kôhên, ko-hane'): active participle of כָּהַן; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman); chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.
• H3881 — לֵוִיִּי (Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'): or לֵוִי; patronymically from לֵוִי; a Levite or descendant of Levi; Leviite.
• H4941 — מִשְׁפָּט (mishpâṭ, mish-pawt'): from שָׁפַט; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style; [phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.
• H5975 — עָמַד (ʻâmad, aw-mad'): a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive); abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H7379 — רִיב (rîyb, reeb): or רִב; from רִיב; a contest (personal or legal); [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
• H7725 — שׁוּב (shûwb, shoob): a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

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