Psalms 78:68 · KJV
“But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.”
— Psalms 78:68
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
And he built his sanctuary like high {palaces}, like the earth which he hath established for ever. {established: Heb. founded}
Psalms 78 — Context
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
67Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
69And he built his sanctuary like high {palaces}, like the earth which he hath established for ever. {established: Heb. founded}
70He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Cross References
Psalms 87:2
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Psalms 132:12-14
If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
Genesis 49:8-10
Judah, thou {art he} whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand {shall be} in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
1 Samuel 16:1
And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
2 Chronicles 6:6
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
Ruth 4:17-22
And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he {is} the father of Jesse, the father of David.