Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges: 19:4–11   This section, which departs from the Deuteronomistic source text in Kings, describes the judicial reforms of King Jehoshaphat (see Additional Note on 17:7–9 and 19:4–11). The Chronicler sets the judicial reforms in a theological framework: Jehoshaphat . . . turned them (i.e., the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim) back to the LORD, the God of their fathers. Within this context, the appointment of judges . . . in each of the fortified cities of Judah (19:5) follows. Theologically, their judicial function is not to judge for man but for the LORD. Their style of justice conforms to this principle: with the LORD our …