1. אמרפל 'amrāpel — Amraphel; related: unknown. אלריוך 'aryôk — Ariok, “leonine?” related: ארי …

Melchizedek king of Salem. —There is a Salem near Scythopolis in the tribe of Ephraim, near to which John baptized ([Reference Joh…

And the King of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the val…

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth. This is the last of the three principal points of this history: that Melchizedek, the chief f…

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine ,
&c.] Both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem say, th…

Melchizedek is spoken of as a king of Salem, supposed to be the place afterwards called Jerusalem, and it is generally thought that he was only a m…