Psalm 122:5

A Prayer For Jerusalem

⁴ To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord—
An ordinance for Israel—
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.
⁵ For there thrones were set for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.
⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.

House of David

David

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.

2 Chronicles 19:8

In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord and to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 17:18

“Now it shall come about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

2 Samuel 8:18

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.

2 Chronicles 11:22

Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as head and leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.