John 4:20
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one ought to worship is in Jerusalem [at the temple].”
Genesis 12:6-7
Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the [great] terebinth (oak) tree of Moreh. Now the
Deuteronomy 11:29
“It shall come about, when the Lord your God brings you into the land which you are entering to possess, that you shall place the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
Deuteronomy 27:12
“These [tribes] shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people when you have crossed the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar,
Genesis 33:18-20
When Jacob came from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely and in peace at the city of Shechem, in the land of Canaan, and camped in front of the [walled] city.
Deuteronomy 12:5-11
But you shall seek the Lord at the place which the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to establish His
Joshua 8:33-35
All Israel, the stranger as well as the native born [among them], with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on either side of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded at first to bless the people of Israel.
Judges 9:6-7
All the men of Shechem and all of
1 Kings 9:3
The Lord told him, “I have heard your prayer and supplication which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My Name and My Presence there forever. My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.
2 Kings 17:26-33
So the king of Assyria was told, “The nations whom you have sent into exile and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so He has sent lions among them, and they are killing them because they do not know the manner of [worship demanded by] the god of the land.”
1 Chronicles 21:26
Then David built an altar to the Lord there and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called on the Lord, and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
1 Chronicles 22:1
Then David said, “This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
2 Chronicles 6:6
but I have chosen Jerusalem that My Name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
2 Chronicles 7:12
Then the Lord appeared to Solomon by night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.
2 Chronicles 7:16
For now I have chosen and sanctified and set apart for My purpose this house that My Name may be here forever, and My eyes and My heart will be here perpetually.
Psalm 78:68
But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel’s leader],
Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].
Psalm 87:1-2
Psalm 132:13
For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His dwelling place:
Luke 9:53
but the people would not welcome Him,
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But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel’s leader],
Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].
For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His dwelling place: