4 So Y’hoshafat lived in Yerushalayim and again circulated among the people from Be’er-Sheva to the hills of Efrayim, bringing them back to ADONAI, the God of their ancestors.

5 He appointed judges throughout the land in all the fortified cities of Y’hudah, city by city,

6 and instructed the judges, “Think about what you are doing: you are not dispensing justice by merely human standards but on behalf of ADONAI; he is with you when you deliver a verdict.