KJV King James Version
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
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Psalm 76:2
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
WEB World English Bible
His tabernacle is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion.
ASV American Standard Version
In Salem also is his tabernacle, And his dwelling-place in Zion.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And His tabernacle is in Salem, And His habitation in Zion.
Surrounding context — Psalm 76
1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. In Judah [is] God known: his name [is] great in Israel.
2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
4 Thou [art] more glorious [and] excellent than the mountains of prey.
5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
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Genesis 14:18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God.Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.Psalm 132:13-14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.2 Chronicles 6:6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.Psalm 27:5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.Psalm 9:11Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.Hebrews 7:1-2For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;Lamentations 2:6And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as [if it were of] a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
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