Topic
Salem
4 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 14:18Easton · Smith
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
- Psalms 76:2Easton · Smith
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
- Hebrews 7:1Easton · Smith
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
- Hebrews 7:2Easton · Smith
To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
Peace, commonly supposed to be another name of Jerusalem (Gen. 14:18; Ps. 76:2; Heb. 7:1, 2).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references
- The place of which Melchizedek was king. (Genesis 14:18; Hebrews 7:1,2) No satisfactory identification of it is perhaps possible. Two main opinions have been current from the earliest ages of interpretation: (1). That of the Jewish commentators, who affirm that Salem is Jerusalem, on the ground that Jerusalem is so called in (Psalms 76:2) Nearly all Jewish commentators hold this opinion. (2). Jerome, however, states that the Salem of Melchizedek was not Jerusalem, but a town eight Roman miles south of Scythopolis, and gives its then name as Salumias, and identifies it with Salem, where John baptized.
- (Psalms 76:2) it is agreed on all hands that Salem is here employed for Jerusalem.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 0 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → See JERUSALEM
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.