Psalms 114:2
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his realm:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
In Context
1When Israel came forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from among a people of strange tongue,
3The sea, beheld, and fled, The Jordan, turned back;
Cross References
Exodus 15:17Thou bringest them in and plantest them, In the mountain of thine inheritance, Thy dwelling-place to abide in which thou hast made, O Yahweh,—A hallowed place O My Lord which thy hands have established.
Exodus 19:6But, ye, shall be mine, As a kingdom of priests, And a holy nation. These, are the words, which thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel.
Exodus 29:45Thus will I make my habitation in the midst of the sons of Israel, and will be their God;
Deuteronomy 7:6For a holy people, art thou unto Yahweh thy God: of thee, hath Yahweh thy God, made choice, that thou shouldest become his people as a treasure, above all the peoples that are on the face of the ground:
Deuteronomy 27:9And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel saying,—Keep silence and hear O Israel, This day, hast thou been made a people unto Yahweh thy God.
Psalms 78:68But made choice of the tribe of Judah, The mountain of Zion, which he loved;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 114:2-8
The Deliverance of Israel Celebrated. 1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; 2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. 3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at… Read the whole commentary →