2 Chronicles 19:8

2Ch 19:8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and [of] the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.

Ver. 8. Moreover, in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set. ] He constituted the high senate or council of the Sanhedrim in the chief city; these were to judge in cases most intricate, according to Deuteronomy 17:8-9 , and to receive appeals from inferior courts.