Psalm 78:68

Bible in Basic English 1965

But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.

Cross References

Psalm 87:2

The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob.

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

1 Samuel 16:1

And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.

1 Chronicles 28:4

Though the Lord, the God of Israel, took me out of all my father's family, to be king over Israel for ever, marking out Judah to be chief, and, of the people of Judah, my father's family; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel;