Text: 2 Chronicles 19:5
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 1:17
Subject: judicial accountability
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Moses charges Israel's judges to hear cases impartially because "judgment belongs to God" (הַמִּשְׁפָּט לֵאלֹהִים הוּא, hammishpat le'lohim hu), and Jehoshaphat implements this principle when he appoints judges in Judah's fortified cities. Both passages ground judicial authority in divine commission rather than human power. Jehoshaphat's instruction that judges act "for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment" directly restates the Deuteronomic rationale, demonstrating deliberate dependence on the Mosaic legal framework centuries later in the monarchy.