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    To Some Zionist Christians And Jews, The Bible Says Jerusalem Is Israel's Capital

    According to some pro-Israeli Christians and Jews, God wants Jerusalem to be the capital of a Jewish state. That argument, however, is not universally accepted among those faith groups.
    by Tom Gjelten Dec 09, 2017 3 minutes
    President Trump announced Wednesday that the U.S. views Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a controversial move that complicates Middle East politics.

    Those Jews and evangelical Christians who say an undivided Jerusalem should be the eternal capital of Israel have a ready answer for anyone who questions that claim: The Bible says so.

    The most often-cited text is , wherein King Solomon quotes God as saying, "Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city in all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince overbut I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel."

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