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These words show us that all the kings of Salem believed that they owed everything to God. This is why Abraham honoured Melchizedek so highly. 'Salem that is, peace. 'Jeru-salem' means city of peace. So, as we see from these ancient letters, Jerusalem was called the city of peace even in the days of Abraham.
We can now understand why Melchizedek should have been called the "king of Salem." His capital could be described either as Jeru-salem or as the city of Salem. And that it was often referred to as Salem simply is shown by the Egyptian monuments. It may be that Isaiah is playing upon the old name of Jerusalem when he gives the Messiah the title of "Prince of Peace."
The proverb quoted in Genesis seems to indicate the same fact. Moreover, the distance of the mountain from Beer-sheba three days' journey would be also the distance of Jerusalem from Abraham's starting-place. It is even possible that in the name of Yahveh-yireh we have a play upon the first element in the name of Jeru-salem.
Hardly three minutes after Perk had given expression to his dislikes, Jack caught him by the arm and with a trace of excitement that was really foreign to his nature, pointed to some object close to the trail they were following. "Jeru-salem crickets!" gasped Jack, possibly a bit louder than discretion would warrant but Jack felt there was some measure of excuse for his outburst.
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