Jerusalem the City That Makes Its Dwellers Righteous

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 19:5

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"And it came to pass when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard" (Joshua 10:1). This place makes its inhabitants righteous: Adoni-Zedek ["my lord is righteousness"] and Melchizedek ["king of righteousness"]. Jerusalem is called "righteousness" ["tzedek"], after "righteousness lodged in her" (Isaiah 1:21).

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