Psalms 78:68
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.”
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BSBPD
“But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 78:68 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 49:8Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
- Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Ruth 4:17The 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.
- 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.”
- 1 Chronicles 28:4Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
- 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.’
- Psalms 87:2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- Psalms 132:12If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
- Psalms 132:13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
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