Psalms 78:68
“But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.”
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Cross-References
“For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.”
“Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?”
“The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.”
“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.”
“But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:”