Deuteronomy 16:18

Justice

18“You shall appoint ajudges 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.

1 Kings 21:8-14

8 bSo she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and she sent the letters to cthe elders and the leaders who lived with Naboth in his city. 9And she wrote in the letters, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people. 10And set two dworthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, e‘You have cursed
Hebrew blessed; also verse 13
God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
11And the men of his city, gthe elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them, 12 hthey proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people. 13And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones. 14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned; he is dead.”

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