Psalms 78:68

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Ps 87:2 : 2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
  • Ps 132:12-14 : 12 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. 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation. 14 This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
  • Gen 49:8-9 : 8 ¶ 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. 9 Judah [is] a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people [be].
  • Ruth 4:17-22 : 17 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. 18 Now these [are] the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
  • 1 Sam 16:1 : 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 Chr 6:6 : 6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

  • Ps 132:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.

    14 This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

  • Ps 78:69-71
    3 verses
    76%

    69 And he built his sanctuary like high [palaces], like the earth which he hath established for ever.

    70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

    71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

  • 2 Chr 6:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

    6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

  • 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

  • 1 Chr 28:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah [to be] the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make [me] king over all Israel:

    5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

  • 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

  • 4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure.

  • 12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

  • 32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)

  • Ps 87:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 ¶ A Psalm [or] Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation [is] in the holy mountains.

    2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

  • 2 Judah was his sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion.

  • 16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? [this is] the hill [which] God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell [in it] for ever.

  • 15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, [even] you above all people, as [it is] this day.

  • 35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

  • 8 ¶ Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.

  • 11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

  • Deut 7:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6 For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.

    7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye [were] the fewest of all people:

  • 5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

  • 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same [is] the city of David.

  • 13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

  • 12 ¶ Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] the LORD; [and] the people [whom] he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

  • 6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

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    6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

  • 9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

  • 2 Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

  • Ps 78:54-55
    2 verses
    67%

    54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, [even to] this mountain, [which] his right hand had purchased.

    55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

  • 13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; [but] will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

  • 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

  • 1 ¶ Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

  • 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

  • Ps 76:1-2
    2 verses
    66%

    1 ¶ To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. In Judah [is] God known: his name [is] great in Israel.

    2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

  • 8 Gilead [is] mine; Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of mine head; Judah [is] my lawgiver;

  • 4 Blessed [is the man whom] thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee, that] he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, [even] of thy holy temple.

  • 8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

  • 37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

  • 7 Gilead [is] mine, and Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of mine head; Judah [is] my lawgiver;

  • 46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

  • 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [which] he placed among men;

  • 16 ¶ So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

  • 8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give [it, I say], to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou [art] righteous: