Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Mount
General references
Bible References
Chose
Genesis 49:8
"Judah, thy brethren shall praise thee, and thine hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies, and thy father's children shall stoop unto thee.
Ruth 4:17
And her neighbours gave it a name saying, "There is a child borne to Naomi, and called it Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
1 Samuel 16:1
And then the LORD said unto Samuel, "How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have cast him away from reigning over Israel? Fill a horn with ointment, and come: I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have spied me a king among his sons."
2 Chronicles 6:6
But now I have chosen Jerusalem to have my name there, and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
Mount
Psalm 87:2
the LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Psalm 132:12
If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testimony that I shall learn them; their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore."
General references
Judges 1:2
And the LORD said, "Judah shall go up: behold I have delivered the land into his hands."