2 Chronicles 19:9 meaning and explanation

He commanded them, saying, “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 19:9, Berean Standard Bible

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Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, has just appointed judges in the fortified cities and in Jerusalem, and he now charges them directly. The command is brief but weighty: they must serve with a whole heart, not divided or self seeking, and they must do so in the fear of the LORD, the reverent awareness that God sees their verdicts.

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