Treasury of Scripture
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3092 B.C.
912
he sent In these verse we have an account of a remarkable itinerant ministry established by Jehoshaphat, in which three classes of men were employed:
1. the Princes
2. the Levites
3. the Priests
We may presume that the Princes instructed the people in the nature of the civil law and constitution of the kingdom; that the Levites instructed them in every thing that appertained to the temple service, and ritual law; and that the Priests instructed them in the nature and design of their religion. Thus the nation became thoroughly instructed in their duty to God, to the king, and to each other; they therefore became as one man; and against a people thus united, on such principles, no enemy could be successful.
Deuteronomy 4:5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me...
Psalm 34:11 Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psalm 51:13 Then will I teach transgressors your ways; and sinners shall be converted to you.
Ecclesiastes 1:12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 12:9,10 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he gave good heed, and sought out...
Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers...
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2 Chronicles 15:3 Now for a long season Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
2 Chronicles 30:22 And Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD...
2 Chronicles 35:3 And said to the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy to the LORD...
Deuteronomy 33:10 They shall teach Jacob your judgments, and Israel your law: they shall put incense before you, and whole burnt sacrifice on your altar.
Nehemiah 8:7,8,13,14 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah...
Nehemiah 9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day...
Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom...
Mark 4:2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine,
Luke 4:43,44 And he said to them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent...
Acts 1:1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,