But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
Parallel translations
- KJV But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
- BSB But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
- NKJV But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.
- NASB But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
- NLT He chose instead the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loved.
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Cross-references · 6
- Ps 87:2Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- Gen 49:8–10“Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you.
- Ps 132:12–14If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”
- Ruth 4:17–22The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “A son is born to Naomi”. They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
- 1 Sam 16:1Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”
- 2 Chr 6:6but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
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