Psalm 78:68 {77:68}
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But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved.

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Genesis 49:8-10 Juda, thee shall thy brethren praise: thy hand shall be on the necks of thy enemies; the sons of thy father shall bow down to thee. . . .

Ruth 4:17-22 And the women, her neighbours, congratulating with her, and saying, There is a son born to Noemi, called his name Obed: he is the father of Isai, the father of David. . . .

1 Samuel 16:1 And the Lord said to Samuel: How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and come, that I may send thee to Isai, the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

2 Chronicles 6:6 But I chose Jerusalem, that my name might be there: and I chose David to set him over my people Israel.

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Psalm 87:2 The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

Psalm 132:12-14 If thy children will keep my covenant, and these my testimonies which I shall teach them: Their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne. . . .

Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
67And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph: and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: 68But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved.69And he built his sanctuary as of unicorns, in the land which he founded for ever.…
Cross References
Exodus 15:17
Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thy inheritance, in thy most firm habitation, which thou hast made, O Lord; thy sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

Numbers 1:26
Of the sons of Juda, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

Deuteronomy 12:5
But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it:

Psalm 87:2
The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

Psalm 114:2
Judea was made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Psalm 132:13
For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling.

Psalm 133:3
As the dew of Hermon, which descendeth upon mount Sion. For there the Lord hath commanded blessing, and life for evermore.

Lexicon
But He chose
וַ֭יִּבְחַר (way·yiḇ·ḥar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 977: To try, select

the tribe
שֵׁ֣בֶט (šê·ḇeṭ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe

of Judah,
יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

Mount
הַ֥ר (har)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

Zion,
צִ֝יּ֗וֹן (ṣî·yō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem

which
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

He loved.
אָהֵֽב׃ (’ā·hêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 157: To have affection f


Additional Translations
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

but chose the tribe of Juda, the mount Sion which he loved.

But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;

But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.

And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,
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