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For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham [as he][note: *Here "[as]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was returning") which is understood as temporal] was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,[note: This verse contains a number of quotations from Gen 14:17-19]
to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth of everything[note: A quotation from Gen 14:20]--in the first place, [his name] is translated "king of righteousness," and then also "king of Salem," that is, "king of peace";