Psalm 48:2
“Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.”
King James Version
Jerusalem as the joy of the earth and city of the great King, fulfilled in Christ's Millennial and eternal reign from Zion.
Fulfillment References
Matthew 5:35 Revelation 21:2 Micah 4:1-2
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