Psalm 122:5

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:18

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in charge of the Kerethites and Pelethites. The sons of David were chief ministers.

1 Kings 7:7

Then he made a porch for the throne, from which he would judge, and called it the Hall of Judgment. It was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

2 Chronicles 11:22

And Rehoboam set Abijah the son of Maacah as chief and head over his brothers for he planned to make him king.

2 Chronicles 19:8

Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some from the Levites and the priests and some from the heads of the families of Israel, in order to render judgment and decide disputes before the Lord; and they lived in Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 17:18

It must be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write a copy of this law for himself on a scroll before the priests, the Levites.

Deuteronomy 17:8

If there arises a matter too difficult for you in judgment, between one kind of bloodshed and another, between one kind of lawsuit and another, and between one kind of assault and another, matters of controversy within your gates, then you must arise and go up to the place where the Lord your God shall choose.