Psalm 87:2

The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Deuteronomy 12:5

But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you shall seek, and there you shall come;

2 Chronicles 6:6

but I chose Jerusalem, that my name may be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel.'

Psalm 78:67-69

Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,

Psalm 132:13-14

For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling.

Isaiah 14:32

What will one answer the kings of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.

Joel 2:32

It will happen that whoever will call on the name of the LORD shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the remnant, those whom the LORD calls.

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The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

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Psalm 78:67
Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
Psalm 132:13
For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling.
Deuteronomy 12:5
But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you shall seek, and there you shall come;
2 Chronicles 6:6
but I chose Jerusalem, that my name may be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel.'
Isaiah 14:32
What will one answer the kings of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
Joel 2:32
It will happen that whoever will call on the name of the LORD shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the remnant, those whom the LORD calls.

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Psalm 122:2
Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;