MELCHIZEDEK, KING OF PEACE

 

This Melchizedek was king of Salem

And Priest of the God Most High.

He met Abraham returning

From the Defeat of the kings

And Blessed him,

2 And Abraham gave him a Tenth of Everything.

First the name Melchizedek means “king of Righteousness”;

Then also, “king of Salem” means ‘king of Peace.’

3 Without Father or Mother, without Genealogy,

Without Beginning of Days or End of Life,

Resembling the Son of God,

He remains a Priest Forever.

(Hebrews 7:1-3, NIV)