...said Dan. " He had the birthright. The Lord's ways are not as our ways. ' He refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim ; but...the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.' " " But that does not tell us the reason." " The Lord does not give us His reasons," said uncle Sam...

...people over also to the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance Moreover, He refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim ; but...the tribe of Judah, the Mount Zion which He loved." (Psalm Ixxviii. 60-62, 67, 63.) From all this it is clear that the leading tribe of the house of Joseph,...

...reproach. 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. 69 And he built his sancT tuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever....

...must have been bitterly felt by the Ephraimites. When David boasted that God refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim, but chose the tribe of Judah, he touched a sore place in the hearts of his Ephraimite subjects. They felt themselves the "strength"...

...adversaries backward: 66 He put them to a perpetual reproach. Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, 67 And chose not the tribe of Ephraim ; But chose the tribe of Judah, 68 The mount Zion which he loved. And he built his sanctuary like the heights, 69 Like the earth which...

...tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men ; " and again, " He refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim : but...the tribe of Judah, the Mount Zion which he loved." For seven years they held out against David ; they were the strength of the Absalomic rebellion ; they...

...reproach. 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. 69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever....

...reproach. 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. 69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever....

...His enemies backward, 67 and put them to a perpetual shame; He refused the tabernacle of Joseph, 68 and chose not the tribe of Ephraim; but chose the tribe of Judah, 69 even the hill of Sion which He loved ; and there He built His sanctuary like the heavers on high,...

...been within Ephraim, but, as we are told in the Psalms (Ixxviii. 67), God refused this " tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim, but chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which He loved." Jeroboam I. owed his elevation to his belonging to this tribe: but...