Genesis 14:17

Melchizedek's Blessing

¹⁶ He brought back all the goods and also his relative Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the other people. ¹⁷ After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). ¹⁸ Then Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine; he was a priest to God Most High.

Abram

Chedorlaomer

King's Dale

Shaveh

Sodom

2 Samuel 18:18

When he was alive, Absalom had set up a pillar for himself in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name. It is still called Absalom’s Monument today.

Judges 11:34

When Jephthah went to his home in Mizpah, there was his daughter, coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no other son or daughter besides her.

1 Samuel 18:6

As the troops were coming back, when David was returning from killing the Philistine, the women came out from all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul, singing and dancing with tambourines, with shouts of joy, and with three-stringed instruments.

Proverbs 14:20

A poor man is hated even by his neighbor,
but there are many who love the rich.

Proverbs 19:4

Wealth attracts many friends,
but a poor man is separated from his friend.

Hebrews 7:1

For this Melchizedek—

King of Salem, priest of the Most High God,
who met Abraham and blessed him
as he returned from defeating the kings,