Hebrews 7:1

Modern English Version

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him.

Cross References

Psalm 57:2

I will cry out to God Most High, to God who performs all things for me.

Psalm 76:2

His abode is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.

Psalm 78:35

They remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God their Redeemer.

Psalm 78:56

Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, and did not keep His testimonies,

Daniel 4:2

I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me.

Daniel 5:18

“O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom and majesty and glory and honor.

Daniel 5:21

And he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that He appoints over it whomever He wills.

Micah 6:6

“With what should I come before the Lord, and bow down before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves one year old?

Mark 5:7

and cried out with a loud voice, “What have You to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure You by God, do not torment me.”

Acts 16:17

She followed Paul and us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.”

Hebrews 6:20

This is where Jesus has entered for us as a forerunner, since He has become the everlasting High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 7:2

To him Abraham also gave one-tenth of everything. In the first place, his name is translated “king of righteousness,” and then also he is king of Salem, which means “king of peace.”

Hebrews 7:3

Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he continually remains a priest.

Hebrews 7:6

But this man, whose descent is not numbered among them, received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.