King James Version
Psalms 78:68 in the King James Version says “But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.”
Psalms 78:68 · KJV
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever. established: Heb. founded
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds :
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the tribe”
H7626a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
“of Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
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