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Because God Himself, chose this city to be His eternally:

1 Kings 11:36New American Standard Bible (NASB)

36 But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.

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