Priest-king of Salem · Patriarchs

Melchizedek in the Bible

Also called Melchisedec

He appears in three verses, brings out bread and wine, blesses Abram and receives a tenth of the spoil — and then disappears. Psalm 110 and Hebrews make that abruptness the point: a priesthood with no recorded beginning or end, older than Levi.

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Verses mentioning Melchizedek

2 occurrences across 2 verses in the King James Version.

  1. Genesis 14:18

    And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

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  2. Psalms 110:4

    The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

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