2 Chronicles 19:5

He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

"You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

2 Chronicles 19:8

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.

Romans 13:1-5

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

1 Peter 2:13-14

Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,

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