Psalms 132:13
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
KJV
For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.
ASV
כִּֽי בָחַ֣ר יְהוָ֣ה בְּ/צִיּ֑וֹן אִ֝וָּ֗/הּ לְ/מוֹשָׁ֥ב לֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired it for a seat to Himself,
YLT
For the LORD has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
WEB
Open in reader with connections →
In this verse
Places
Mount Zion
In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
noun · 44×
צִיּ֔וֹן
tsyvn
proper_noun · 147×
תְּאַוֶּ֖ה
t'vh
verb · 28×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 23:25 — For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
- 1Kgs 8:13 — I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
- 1Kgs 8:16 — 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 peop
- 1Kgs 8:44 — If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for
- 1Kgs 9:3 — And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes
- 1Kgs 11:13 — 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.
- 2Chr 6:6 — But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
- 2Kgs 21:7 — And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of
- Deut 12:5 — But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
- Exod 20:24 — An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto th
- Ezek 35:10 — Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
- Ezra 6:12 — And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a de
- Hab 2:20 — But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
- Hag 1:8 — Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
- Heb 12:22 — But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
- Heb 12:22 — But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
- Isa 14:32 — What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
- Isa 18:4 — For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
- Lev 26:11 — And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
- Ps 2:6 — Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- Ps 3:4 — I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
- Ps 24:3 — Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
- Ps 43:3 — O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
- Ps 48:1 — Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
- Ps 68:16 — 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.
- Ps 68:16 — 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.
- Ps 74:2 — 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 76:1 — In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
- Ps 76:2 — In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
- Ps 78:68 — But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
- Ps 87:2 — The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- Ps 87:2 — The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- Ps 122:4 — Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
- Ps 125:1 — They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
- Ps 135:21 — Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
- Rev 14:1 — And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
- Zech 1:17 — Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.