2Sa 8:15, 15:2-4, 1Ki 3:9, 28, Psa 72:1 | ESV | STEP | So David reigned over all Israel . And David administered justice and equity to all his people .

2 Samuel 8:15

David’s Officials

15 So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people.

2 Samuel 15:2-4

2 And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside ^athe way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And when he said, “Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,” 3 Absalom would say to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you.” 4 Then Absalom would say, ^b“Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice.”

1 Kings 3:9

9 ^cGive your servant therefore an understanding mind ^dto govern your people, that I may ^ediscern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”

1 Kings 3:28

28 And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that ^fthe wisdom of God was in him to do justice.

Psalms 72:1

Give the King Your Justice

Of ^gSolomon.

1 Give the king your ^hjustice, O God,
and your righteousness to the royal son!