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Psalms 87:2
Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
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Ruth 4:17-22
The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying,“ A son is born to Naomi”. They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
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1 Samuel 16 1
Yahweh said to Samuel,“ How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”
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2 Chronicles 6 6
but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
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Genesis 49:8-10
“ Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons will bow down before you.Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
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Psalms 132:12-14
If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.“ This is my resting place forever. I will live here, for I have desired it.