Psalms 114:2
Judah became His sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
In Context
1In the going out of Israel from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a strange people,
3The sea hath seen, and fleeth, The Jordan turneth backward.
Cross References
Exodus 15:17Thou dost bring them in, And dost plant them In a mountain of Thine inheritance, A fixed place for Thy dwelling Thou hast made, O Jehovah; A sanctuary, O Lord, Thy hands have established;
Exodus 19:6and ye — ye are to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation: these [are] the words which thou dost speak unto the sons of Israel.'
Exodus 29:45and I have tabernacled in the midst of the sons of Israel, and have become their God,
Deuteronomy 7:6for a holy people [art] thou to Jehovah thy God; on thee hath Jehovah thy God fixed, to be to Him for a peculiar people, out of all the peoples who [are] on the face of the ground.
Deuteronomy 27:9And Moses speaketh — the priests, the Levites, also — unto all Israel, saying, 'Keep silent, and hear, O Israel, this day thou hast become a people to Jehovah thy God;
Psalms 78:68And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that 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 →