Psalms 78:68
He chose the tribe of Judah 1 and Mount Zion that he loved. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
In Context
67He rejected the tent of Joseph, 1 and he did not chose the tribe of Ephraim. 1
69He built his sanctuary like the heavens, 1 like the earth that he has established forever. 1
Cross References
Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, 1 nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, 1 until Shiloh comes. The nations will obey him. 1
1 Samuel 16:1Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected for myself a king among his sons.”
2 Chronicles 6:6However, I have chosen Jerusalem, so that my name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
Psalms 132:12If your sons keep my covenant 1 and the laws that I will teach them, 1 their children also will sit on your throne forevermore.” 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:41-72
Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among… Read the whole commentary →