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Psalms 78:68

But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

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ASV

But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

KJV

But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַ֭יִּבְחַרVai.yiv.charand he choseH977 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שֵׁ֣בֶטShe.vet[the] tribe ofH7626 →
יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַ֥רhar[the] mountain ofH2022 →
צִ֝יּ֗וֹןtzi.YonZionH6726 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
אָהֵֽב׃'a.Hevhe lovedH157 →

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Psalms 121:1I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?Psalms 87:2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.Psalms 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”Psalms 48:1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.Psalms 9:11Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.Psalms 132:12–14If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”Genesis 49:8–10Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.Psalms 122:4where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.Exodus 20:24You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.Psalms 43:3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.Ruth 4:17–22The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.2 Chronicles 6:6But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’1 Samuel 16:1Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”Genesis 46:12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.2 Chronicles 32:19They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.2 Chronicles 33:7Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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