Psalm 78:68 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁶⁸ but chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶⁸ But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶⁸ 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)

⁶⁸ But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

Common English Bible

⁶⁸ Instead, he chose the tribe of Judah, the mountain of Zion, which he loves.

Psalm 78:68 Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:4

Howbeit the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:

2 Chronicles 6:6

but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

Psalm 87:2

The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

1 Samuel 16:1

And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth´lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.