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and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.
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A Unified Teaching Mission
Commentators explain that Jehoshaphat's teaching initiative was a collaborative effort. It included not just Levites and priests, the designated religious teachers, but also civil leaders (the princes from verse 7). This "mixed commission" shows a unified commitment from all levels of leadership to ensure the people were instructed in God's law.
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19th Century
Anglican
And with them he sent Levites. —Rather, And with them were the Levites. The construction is changed. So the Septuagint an…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And with them he sent Levites With the five princes he sent nine Levites:
even Shemaiah, and Neth…
Presbyterian
Jehoshaphat found his people generally very ignorant, and therefore endeavoured to have them well taught. The public teaching of the word of God fo…
