# Connecting Statement:

Jehoshaphat continues to instruct some of the Levites and the priests, and some of the heads of the ancestral houses of Israel, who he appointed to be judges.

# General Information:

The words "you" and "your" in this verse refers to those persons Jehoshaphat appointed to be judges.

# See

The word "See" here adds emphasis to what follows.

# Amariah ... Zebadiah ... Ishmael

These are the names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# is over you

"is in charge of you"

# of all the matters of the king

Here Jehoshaphat speaks of himself in the third person. This can be translated in the first person. AT: "of all my royal matters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/chiefpriests]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/levite]]