In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
Parallel translations
- WEB His tabernacle is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion.
- BSB His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
- NKJV In Salem also is His tabernacle, And His dwelling place in Zion.
- NASB His tabernacle is in Salem; His dwelling place also is in Zion.
- NLT Jerusalem is where he lives; Mount Zion is his home.
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God's dwelling is in Salem and Zion, the place He has chosen to make His home among His people.
Overview
Salem (Jerusalem) and Zion mark the location of God's earthly sanctuary, His chosen dwelling. This presence of God with His people is the heart of Israel's privilege and security. The theme of God dwelling among His people advances through the incarnation of Christ and finds completion in the new Jerusalem where God dwells fully with the redeemed.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 14:18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
- Isa 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
- 2 Chr 6:6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
- Ps 132:13–14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
- Ps 27:5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
- Lam 2:6And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
- Ps 9:11Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
- Heb 7:1–2For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
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