Psalm 78:68 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel's leader], Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].

American Standard Version (1901)

But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

Common English Bible

Instead, he chose the tribe of Judah, the mountain of Zion, which he loves.

Psalm 78:68 Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:4

Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me from all my ancestral house to be king over Israel forever, for he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father’s house, and among my father’s sons he took delight in making me king over all Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:6

but I have chosen Jerusalem in order that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

Psalm 87:2

the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”