Genesis 14:18 NIV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:1-24

Click image for full-size versionAbram meets Melchizedek (14:1-24)Lot’s selfish choice brought him unexpected trouble. In the Dead Sea region where Lot lived, a group of city-states rebelled against their Mesopotamian overlords and brought war upon themselves. Lot was captured and his possessions plundered (14:1-12). Abram was in no danger but he was concerned for Lot. With a fighting force of over three hundred from his large household, along with others from neighbouring households, he... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 14:18

Note the parenthetical clause Genesis 14:18-20 , which interrupts in order to interpret. Melchizedek = King of righteousness, or by Figure of Speech Enallage , ( App-6 ), righteous king. In History, Genesis 14:0 . In Prophecy, Psalms 110:0 . In Fulfilment, Hebrews 7:0 . This might be Shem in type, Christ in antitype. Salem. Called, on the bricks of the ruins of an ancient city in S. of Palestine, Uru-Salim = the city of Salim. The Tablets show that Palestine was at this time in possession... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 14:18-20

MELCHIZEDEK"And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all."Neil gave the only secret of understanding this place when he declared that: "We must be guided by the N.T. writers and by our Lord himself."[13] The N.T., of course, has a magnificent... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 14:18

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 ( :-), came to bless God for the victory which had been won, and in the name of God to bless Abram, by whose... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 14:17-24

Abram’s meeting with two kings 14:17-24This section records an important decision Abram had to make after he returned victoriously from his battle with the Mesopotamian kings. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 14:18

"Melchizedek" was probably a title rather than a proper name. It means "King of Righteousness." Compare Adonizedek ("Lord of Righteousness") in Joshua 10:1; Joshua 10:3. However theophoric names were common in the ancient Near East, so his name may have meant "My king is Sedeq" or "Milku is righteous," Sedeq and Milku presumably being the names of gods. [Note: Wenham, Genesis 1-15, p. 316.] The names of both the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 14:2) are compounds of a Hebrew word... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:1-24

The Battle of the Kings, and the Capture and Rescue of LotChedorlaomer, king of Elam, had subdued the Canaanites of the Jordan valley some years before the events narrated in this chapter. The latter had rebelled, and a campaign for their fresh subjugation was undertaken, which included a general punitive expedition from Syria to the Gulf of Akaba.Within the last few years Assyrian tablets of great antiquity have been found, throwing considerable, if indirect, light on this narrative, and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 14:18

(18) Melchizedek king of Salem.—There is a Salem near Scythopolis in the tribe of Ephraim, near to which John baptised (John 3:23, where it is called Salim), and Jerome mentions that some local ruins there were said to be the remains of Melchizedek’s palace. But such traditions are of little value, and we may eel certain that the place was really Jerusalem (Psalms 76:2); for it lay on Abram’s route homeward, and was within a reasonable distance of Sodom, which, as we have seen, lay in the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 14:1-24

Melchisedek the Uncanonical Genesis 14:18 A deeply veiled figure. The force of the figure lies in its background; its mystery in its mean surroundings. Melchisedek was a Canaanite. His birthplace was uncanonical. He ruled with wonderfully despotic power. What gave this man such a marvellous power? His personal sanctity. Abraham represents earth; Melchisedek is the High Priest of heaven. I. Where did Melchisedek get that priesthood which he was certainly credited with possessing. Melchisedek... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:1-24

ABRAM’S RESCUE OF LOTGenesis 14:1-24THIS chapter evidently incorporates a contemporary account of the events recorded. So antique a document was it even when it found its place in this book, that the editor had to modernise some of its expressions that it might be intelligible. The places mentioned were no longer known by the names here preserved-Bela. the vale of Siddim. En-mishpat, the valley of Shaveh, all these names were unknown even to the persons who dwelt in the places once so... read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:1-24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 14:18

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 14:18-20

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 14:18

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 14:17-24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 14:18

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:1-24

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 14:18

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 14:1-24

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:1-24

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