Psalms 78:68
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.
ASV
וַ֭/יִּבְחַר אֶת שֵׁ֣בֶט יְהוּדָ֑ה אֶֽת הַ֥ר צִ֝יּ֗וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָהֵֽב
Hebrew
And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,
YLT
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
צִיּ֔וֹן
tsyvn
proper_noun · 147×
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shbt
noun · 189×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 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: fo
- 2Chr 6:6 — But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
- 2Chr 12:13 — So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD h
- 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 15:17 — Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have establish
- 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
- Isa 25:6 — And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
- Judg 1:2 — And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
- Ps 2:6 — Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- Ps 9:11 — Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
- 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 65:1 — Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
- Ps 68:15 — The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
- 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 87:2 — The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- Ps 114:2 — Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
- Ps 121:1 — I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
- 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 132:12 — 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.
- Ps 132:13 — For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.