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Psalms 78:69

67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

68 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.

70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

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BSB
He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.
KJV
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
WEB
He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
ASV
And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.
DARBY
And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.
BLB
And He built His sanctuary like the heights; like the earth He founded it forever.
ÅB
Og han bygget sin helligdom lik høye fjell, lik jorden, som han har grunnfestet for evig tid.
OTB
Og Han grunnla sin helligdom som høydene,
Som jorden som Han har grunnlagt for evig.
B1930
Og han bygget sin helligdom lik høie fjell, lik jorden, som han har grunnfestet for evig tid.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 6:1–38

    And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

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  • Isaiah 51:6

    Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

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  • 2 Chronicles 2:9

    Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.

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  • 1 Kings 9:8

    And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

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  • Colossians 1:16–17

    For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

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  • 2 Chronicles 3:4

    And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:1

    Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:19

    And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

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