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, you are the one whom your brothers shall praise;
Your hand will 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 (grandson) has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed (worshiper). He is the father of Jesse, the father of David [the ancestor of Jesus Christ].
1 Samuel 16:1
The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve for Saul, when I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have chosen 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 dwellings of Jacob (Israel).
Psalm 132:12

“If your children will keep My covenant
And My testimony which I will teach them,
Their children also shall sit upon your throne forever.”

General references

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