Psalm 122:5 {121:5}
Good News Translation
Here the kings of Israel sat to judge their people.

New Revised Standard Version
For there the thrones for judgment were set up, the thrones of the house of David.

Contemporary English Version
David's royal throne is here where justice rules.

New American Bible
There are the thrones of justice, the thrones of the house of David.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.

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Deuteronomy 17:8,18 If thou perceive that there be among you a hard and doubtful matter in judgment between blood and blood, cause and cause, leprosy and leprosy: and thou see that the words of the judges within thy gates do vary: arise, and go up to the place, which the Lord thy God shall choose. . . .

2 Chronicles 19:8 In Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed Levites, and priests and chiefs of the families of Israel, to judge the judgment and the cause of the Lord for the inhabitants thereof.

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2 Samuel 8:18 And Banaias the son of Joiada was over the Cerethi and Phelethi: and the sons of David were the princes.

2 Chronicles 11:22 But he put at the head of them Abia the son of Maacha to be the chief ruler over all his brethren: for he meant to make him king,

Context
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
4For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord. 5Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.6Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:8
If thou perceive that there be among you a hard and doubtful matter in judgment between blood and blood, cause and cause, leprosy and leprosy: and thou see that the words of the judges within thy gates do vary: arise, and go up to the place, which the Lord thy God shall choose.

1 Kings 7:7
He made also the porch of the throne wherein is the seat of judgment; and covered it with cedar wood from the floor to the top.

2 Chronicles 19:8
In Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed Levites, and priests and chiefs of the families of Israel, to judge the judgment and the cause of the Lord for the inhabitants thereof.

Psalm 89:29
And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.

Psalm 122:4
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