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:
Related Verses
“For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.”
“The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.”
“Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.”
“Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.”
“And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.”