Similarly, (Devarim 32:49) "Go up to this Mount Avarim, Mount Nevo," and, elsewhere (Ibid. 3:27) "Go up to the height of Hapisgah" — whence it is found to have three names. Now why do future generations need to know this? (To impress upon them) that three kings were contending over it … How much more so is Eretz Yisrael itself to be lauded!
It is written (Jeremiah 3:19) "And I gave you a cherished land, the heritage coveted by the multitudes of nations." "a cherished land": a land which was populated with palaces by kings and rulers. For any king or ruler who had not acquired palaces in Eretz Yisrael said "I have done nothing."