Psalm 78:68
New International Version
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.

New Living Translation
He chose instead the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loved.

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

Berean Standard Bible
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

King James Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

New King James Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.

New American Standard Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

NASB 1995
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.

NASB 1977
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.

Legacy Standard Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.

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

Christian Standard Bible
He chose instead the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He chose instead the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He has chosen the tribe of Yehuda, the mountain of Zion that he loved.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
but chose the tribe of Juda, the mount Sion which he loved.

Contemporary English Version
Instead he chose the tribe of Judah, and he chose Mount Zion, the place he loves.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved.

English Revised Version
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.

Good News Translation
Instead he chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which he dearly loves.

International Standard Version
But he chose the tribe of Judah, the mountain of Zion, which he loves.

JPS Tanakh 1917
But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which He loved.

Literal Standard Version
And He chooses the tribe of Judah, | With Mount Zion that He loved,

Majority Standard Bible
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

New American Bible
God chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.

NET Bible
He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.

New Revised Standard Version
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.

New Heart English Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.

Webster's Bible Translation
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

World English Bible
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.

Young's Literal Translation
And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,

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Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
67He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim. 68But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved. 69He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.…

Cross References
Exodus 15:17
You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance--the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.

Numbers 1:26
From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Deuteronomy 12:5
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.

Psalm 87:2
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Psalm 114:2
Judah became God's sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.

Psalm 132:13
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:

Psalm 133:3
It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.


Treasury of Scripture

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

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Genesis 49:8-10
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee…

Ruth 4:17-22
And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David…

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 Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

mount

Psalm 87:2
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Psalm 132:12-14
If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore…

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Psalm 78
1. An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God
9. The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient
67. The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David.














Verse 68. - But chose the tribe of Judah. The choice was made when David was, by God's command, anointed to be king (1 Samuel 16:1-12). The Mount Zion which he loved (comp. Psalm 87:2, "The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob"). God, no doubt, inspired David with the thought of fixing his residence in "the stronghold of Zion" (2 Samuel 5:9), and of bringing up the ark of the covenant into it (2 Samuel 6:12-17). The presence of the ark determined the selection of Jerusalem for the site of the temple.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But He chose
וַ֭יִּבְחַר (way·yiḇ·ḥar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 977: To try, select

the tribe
שֵׁ֣בֶט (šê·ḇeṭ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe

of Judah,
יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

Mount
הַ֥ר (har)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

Zion,
צִ֝יּ֗וֹן (ṣî·yō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem

which
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

He loved.
אָהֵֽב׃ (’ā·hêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f


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