Malki Tsedek, Melki Tsedek, Melchi Tsedek, or even Malchi Tsedek? With or without hyphens.
Genesis 14:18 names him as a king of Shalem (one of the seven hill-villages that would later become Yeru-Shala'im), and as the high priest of El-Elyon who made a treaty with Av-Raham. The ceremonies performed alongside the treaty are decidedly Eucharistic.
This is important in the context of King David. The notion of El Elyon suggests that Moloch, the god whom Malki Tsedek actually worshipped, was the chief god of the pantheon of the Beney Kena'an; this may well explain why it was so important to David to establish his political capital there, alongside the moon-shrine of Chevron.
cf Psalm 110:4
The name means "king of righteousness", an epithet for the sun-god.
cf Psalm 110:4
The name means "king of righteousness", an epithet for the sun-god.
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