Psalm 132:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For the Lord has chosen Zion, He has desired it for His habitation:

American Standard Version (1901)

For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.

Common English Bible

Because the LORD chose Zion; he wanted it for his home.

Psalm 132:13 Cross References

1 Kings 11:13

Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

2 Chronicles 7:16

For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

Ezra 1:3

Whosoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel, (he is God,) which is in Jerusalem.

Psalm 68:16

Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever

Psalm 87:2

The LORD loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Psalm 9:12

For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them: He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

Isaiah 14:32

What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.

Hebrews 12:22

but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,