Place · City
Salem
Named in 4 verses across 3 books, first in Genesis 14:18.
The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Jerusalem.
In the Bible
All 1 verse in Genesis, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Genesis
- Genesis 14:18
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High —
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
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Peace, commonly supposed to be another name of Jerusalem (Gen. 14:18; Ps. 76:2; Heb. 7:1, 2).