Verse 68

But he chose the tribe of Iuda: euen the hill of Sion which he loued.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 87:2 : 2 for her foundations are vpon the holy hilles.
• Ps 132:12-14 : 12 If thy chyldren wyll kepe my couenaunt and my testimonies whiche I wyll teache them: their chyldren also shall sit vpon thy throne for euermore. 13 For God hath chosen to be in Sion: he had a desire that it might be an habitation for hym. 14 This is sayeth he my rest for euer: heare I wyll dwell, for I haue a desire to it.
• Gen 49:8-9 : 8 Iuda, thou art he whom thy brethren shall prayse: Thy hande shalbe in the necke of thine enemies, thy fathers children shall stowpe before thee. 9 Iuda is a lions whelpe: fro thy spoyle my sonne thou art come on hye. He layed him downe, and couched himselfe as a lion, and as a lionesse: who wyll stirre hym vp? 10 The scepter shal not depart from Iuda, and a law geuer from betweene his feete, vntyll Silo come: And vnto hym shall the gatheryng of the people be.
• Ruth 4:17-22 : 17 And the women her neyghbours gaue it a name, saying: There is a child borne to Naomi, & called it Obed: the same is the father of Isai, the father of Dauid. 18 These are the generations of Pharez, Phares begat Hezron, 19 Hezron begat Ram, Ram begat Aminadab, 20 Aminadab begat Naasson, Naasson begat Salmon, 21 Salmon begat Booz, Booz begat Obed, 22 Obed begat Isai, Isai begat Dauid.
• 1 Sam 16:1 : 1 The Lorde sayd vnto Samuel: Howe long wilt thou mourne for Saul, seing I haue cast him away from raigning ouer Israel? Fill thyne horne with oyntment, and come, that I may send thee to Isai the Bethlemite: for I haue prouided me a king among his sonnes.
• 2 Chr 6:6 : 6 Sauing that I haue chosen Hierusalem, that my name might be there, and haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel.