Psalm 122:5

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:18

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and Pelethites [the king's bodyguards]; and David's sons were chief [confidential] assistants to the king.

1 Kings 7:7

He made the porch for the throne where he was to judge, the Porch of Judgment; it was covered with cedar from floor to ceiling.

2 Chronicles 11:22

And Rehoboam made Abijah son of Maacah the chief prince among his brethren, for he intended to make him king.

2 Chronicles 19:8

Also in Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat set certain Levites, priests, and heads of families of Israel to give judgment for the Lord and decide controversies. When they [of the commission] returned to Jerusalem,

Deuteronomy 17:18

And when he sits on his royal throne, he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, out of what is before the Levitical priests.

Deuteronomy 17:8

If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment–between one kind of bloodshed and another, between one legality and another, between one kind of assault and another, matters of controversy within your towns–then arise and go to the place which the Lord your God chooses.