Psalm 122:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ For there are set thrones of judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ For there the thrones of judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ For there are set thrones for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

Common English Bible

⁵ because the thrones of justice are there— the thrones of the house of David!

Psalm 122:5 Cross References

2 Samuel 8:18

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.

1 Kings 7:7

And he made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgment, even the Hall of Judgment; it was finished with cedar from floor to rafters.

2 Chronicles 11:22

and Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

2 Chronicles 19:8

Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed certain Levites and priests and heads of families of Israel, to give judgment for the Lord and to decide disputed cases. They had their seat at Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 17:18

“And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, from that which is in charge of the Levitical priests;

Deuteronomy 17:8

“If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns which is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the Lord your God will choose,