2 Chronicles 6:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
But I chose Jerusalem, that my name might be there: and I chose David to set him over my people Israel.
וָאֶבְחַר֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לִהְי֥וֹת שְׁמִ֖י שָׁ֑ם וָאֶבְחַ֣ר בְּדָוִ֔יד לִהְי֖וֹת עַל־עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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- 1 Chr 28:4But the Lord God of Israel chose me of all the house of my father, to be king over Israel for ever: for of Juda he chose the princes: and of the house of Juda, my father's house: and among the sons of my father, it pleased him to choose me king over all Israel.
- 2 Chr 12:13King Roboam therefore was strengthened in Jerusalem, and reigned: he was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel, to establish his name there: and the name of his mother was Naama an Ammonitess.
- Ps 132 (131):13
- Ps 48 (47):1
- Ps 89 (88):19
- Ps 89 (88):20
- Ps 78 (77):68
- Ps 78 (77):70