Psalm 122:5

New American Bible - revised edition

There are the thrones of justice, the thrones of the house of David.

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:18

Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.

1 Kings 7:7

He also made the Porch of the Throne where he gave judgment—that is, the Porch of Judgment; it was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling beams.

2 Chronicles 11:22

Rehoboam put Abijah, son of Maacah, first among his brothers, as leader, for he intended to make him king.

2 Chronicles 19:8

In Jerusalem also, Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites and priests and some of the family heads of Israel for the Lord’s judgment and the disputes of those who dwell in Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 17:18

When he is sitting upon his royal throne, he shall write a copy of this law upon a scroll from the one that is in the custody of the levitical priests.

Deuteronomy 17:8

If there is a case for judgment which proves too baffling for you to decide, in a matter of bloodshed or of law or of injury, matters of dispute within your gates, you shall then go up to the place which the Lord, your God, will choose,