2 Chronicles 6:6

Solomon Blesses The People

⁵ "From the day I brought out my people from the land of Egypt I never chose a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple where my name might reside. And I never chose any man to become Commander-in-Chief over my people Israel. ⁶ But I have chosen Jerusalem, where my name will reside. And I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.' ⁷ "My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

For My Name

My People

Rule My People

David

Israel

Jerusalem

1 Chronicles 28:4

Nevertheless, the LORD God of Israel chose me from my entire ancestral household to be king over Israel forever, since he had chosen Judah as Commander-in-Chief. In my ancestor Judah's household, from my father's household, and from among my father's sons it pleased him to make me king over all of Israel.

2 Chronicles 12:13

King Rehoboam consolidated his reign in Jerusalem. Rehoboam was 41 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that that LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to establish his name. Rehoboam's mother was Naamah from Ammon.

1 Samuel 16:1

The LORD told Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I've rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I'm sending you to Jesse from Bethlehem because I've chosen for myself one of his sons as king."

Psalm 48:1

Great is the LORD! For he is to be praised greatly, even in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

Psalm 78:68-70

But he chose the tribe of Judah, the mountain of Zion, which he loves.

Psalm 89:19-20

You spoke to your faithful ones through a vision: "I will set a helper over a warrior. I will raise up a chosen one from the people.

Psalm 132:13

For the LORD has chosen Zion, desiring it as his dwelling place.

Isaiah 14:32

How will they answer the messengers of the nation? "The LORD has founded Zion, and in it the afflicted among his people will find refuge."