Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
The judgment
General references
Bible References
Levites
2 Chronicles 17:8
and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.
Deuteronomy 17:8
“If any case is too difficult for you to decide, between one kind of homicide or another, between one kind of lawsuit or another, and between one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your courts, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the Lord your God chooses.
1 Chronicles 23:4
Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord; and 6,000 were officers and judges,
1 Chronicles 26:29
As for the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were assigned to outside duties for Israel, as officers and judges.
The judgment
Exodus 18:19
Now listen to me: I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You be the people’s representative before God, and you bring the disputes to God,
Deuteronomy 21:5
Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve Him and to bless in the name of the Lord; and every dispute and every assault shall be settled by them.
Deuteronomy 25:1
“If there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,
General references
Deuteronomy 25:1
“If there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,
2 Chronicles 19:5
He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.