Genesis 14:18 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁸And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

Genesis 14:18 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 6:20
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Psalms 110:4
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 5:6
As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 5:10
Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Psalms 76:2
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17-20)

This paragraph begins with the mention of the respect which the king of Sodom paid to Abram at his return from the slaughter of the kings; but, before a particular account is given of this, the story of Melchizedek is briefly related, concerning whom observe, I. Who he was. He was king of Salem and priest of the most high God; and other glorious things are said of him, Heb. 7:1-10 1. The rabbin, a…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 18)

18. Melchizedek--This victory conferred a public benefit on that part of the country; and Abram, on his return, was treated with high respect and consideration, particularly by the king of Sodom and Melchizedek, who seems to have been one of the few native princes, if not the only one, who knew and worshipped, “the most high God,” whom Abram served. This king who was a type of the Saviour (He 7:1)…