Psalm 78:68 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁶⁸ but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.

More versions

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

Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me from all my father's house to be king over Israel for ever; for he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father's house, and among my father's sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:6

but I have chosen Jerusalem 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 dwelling places of Jacob.

1 Samuel 16:1

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