Psalm 122:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David.

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

Then he made a covered room for his high seat when he gave decisions; this was the covered room of judging; it was covered with cedar-wood from floor to roof.

2 Chronicles 11:22

Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.

2 Chronicles 19:8

Then in Jerusalem he gave authority to certain of the Levites and the priests and the heads of families of Israel to give decisions for the Lord, and in the causes of those living in Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 17:18

And when he has taken his place on the seat of his kingdom, he is to make in a book a copy of this law, from that which the priests, the Levites, have in their care:

Deuteronomy 17:8

If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;