2 Chronicles 19:8

English Standard Version 2016

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.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 26:29

Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were appointed to external duties for Israel, as officers and judges.

1 Chronicles 23:4

“Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said, “shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, 6,000 shall be officers and judges,

Deuteronomy 25:1

“If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,

Deuteronomy 21:5

Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister to him and to bless in the name of the Lord, and by their word every dispute and every assault shall be settled.

2 Chronicles 19:9

And he charged them: “Thus you shall do in the fear of the Lord, in faithfulness, and with your whole heart:

2 Chronicles 19:11

And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the governor of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters, and the Levites will serve you as officers. Deal courageously, and may the Lord be with the upright!”

Psalm 122:5

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

Ezekiel 44:24

In a dispute, they shall act as judges, and they shall judge it according to my judgments. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts, and they shall keep my Sabbaths holy.