Deu 17:8, 2Sa 1:16, 3:28 | ESV | STEP | If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another , one kind of legal right and another , or one kind of assault and another , any case within your towns that is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to the place that the Lord your God will choose .

b[ch. 3:29; Josh. 2:19; 1 Kgs. 2:32, 37; Matt. 27:25]

Deuteronomy 17:8

Legal Decisions by Priests and Judges

8 “If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns that is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to ^athe place that the Lord your God will choose.

2 Samuel 1:16

16 And David said to him, ^b“Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed ^cthe Lord’s anointed.’”

2 Samuel 3:28

28 Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner the son of Ner.