Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Chronicles 19:11

11 And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD ; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah , for all the kings matters : also the Levites shall be officers before you . Deal couragiously, and the LORD shall be with the good .

Shall be your President to direct and assist you.

In spiritual or Ecclesiastical Matters.

Either 1. the Prince or chief Ruler under the King of the Tribe of Judah, which is called the house of Iudah, 2 Sam. 2. 4, 7, 10. 1 King. 12. 21, 23. [illegible: 1+ letters] Chron. 28. 4. Jer. 13. 11. Ezek. 4, 6. Or, 2. The Ruler of the Kings House, which also seems to be called the house of Iudah, 2 Chron. 22. 10. and more fully, the Kings House of Iudah, Jer. 22. 6. And who so fit to manage the Kings Matters as the Ruler of the Kingshouse?

For Civil Causes or Controversies which might arise either between the King and his People; or between Subject and Subject, which may be called the Kings Matters, because it was a principal part of his Office to see them justly decided.

They shall be at your command to see your just Sentences executed; which work was fitly committed to the Levites, as persons who might add their Instructions to the Corrections, and might work the Guilty to an acknowledgment of their Fault and a submission to their Punishment. And so this is an Argument to encourage the Judges to proceed couragiously and vigorously in their Work, because they had the Levites to stand by them and assist them.

i. e. Shall protect and bless good Judges in their doing of Good and Just Things.

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