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His tent is also in Salem; His dwelling-place in Zion.
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God Protects His Chosen Home
Commentators agree that 'Salem' is an ancient name for Jerusalem and 'Zion' a specific part of it. John Calvin emphasizes that God chose to dwell there not because of the people's merit, but out of His own free will. This divine choice is the reason He fiercely protects it, a principle that extends to the church today, which God has chosen as His dwelling place.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In Salem also - This was the ancient name for Jerusalem, and is evidently so used here. It continued to be given to the town until the time …
19th Century
Anglican
Salem. — The Septuagint and Vulgate translate it as “his place was in peace.” Possibly, the poet uses the word Salem with…
16th Century
Protestant
And his tabernacle was in Salem. Here the reason is given why God, by putting the Assyrians to flight, graciously granted to deliver the c…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
In Salem also is his tabernacle That is, in Jerusalem, as the Targum expresses it, where the tabernacle of Moses and the …
Happy people are those who have their land filled with the knowledge of God! Happy persons who have their hearts filled with that knowledge! It is …
