Psalms 78:68 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶⁸But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

Psalms 78:68 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 87:2
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Psalms 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. …
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. …
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. …
2 Chronicles 6:6
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Chosen, or Elected Contingencies Decrees, Divine Election Foreordination God

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 40-72)

The matter and scope of this paragraph are the same with the former, showing what great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, how provoking they had been, what judgments he had brought upon them for their sins, and yet how, in judgment, he remembered mercy at last. Let not those that receive mercy from God be thereby emboldened to sin, for the mercies they receive will aggravate their sin and hast…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 68)

67-68. tabernacle of Joseph--or, “home,” or, “tribe,” to which-- tribe of Ephraim--is parallel (compare Re 7:8). Its pre-eminence was, like Saul’s, only permitted. Judah had been the choice (Ge 49:10).