Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Chose

Genesis 49:8
“Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
Your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
Ruth 4:17
The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
1 Samuel 16:1
Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over 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 selected a king for Myself among his sons.”
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.’

Mount

Psalm 87:2
The Lord loves the gates of Zion
More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob.
Psalm 132:12
“If your sons will keep My covenant
And My testimony which I will teach them,
Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forever.”

General references

Judges 1:2
The Lord said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.”