Salem (biblical city)

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ancient city biblical location

Salem (biblical city) is an ancient city mentioned in the Bible, traditionally identified with Jerusalem and associated with the priest-king Melchizedek.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Salem (biblical city) canonical	2
Jerusalem (traditional identification of Salem)	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ biblical location ⓘ
appearsInContextOf	blessing of Abram by Melchizedek ⓘ meeting of Abram and Melchizedek ⓘ
associatedWith	Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Melchizedek NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Ancient Near Eastern cities ⓘ Places in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
connectedTo	Jerusalem (ancient city) NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Mount (by later tradition) NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs	city of Melchizedek NERFINISHED ⓘ
discussedIn	Christian patristic writings ⓘ biblical commentaries ⓘ rabbinic literature ⓘ
etymologyNote	often connected with root for peace or completeness ⓘ
hasRoleIn	story of Abram and Melchizedek ⓘ
hasSource	Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheologicalSignificance	symbol of peace and divine kingship ⓘ typological precursor of Jerusalem ⓘ
identifiedBy	Jewish tradition as Jerusalem ⓘ many Christian commentators as Jerusalem ⓘ
interpretedAs	poetic name for Jerusalem in Psalm 76:2 ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
linkedFigure	Abram (Abraham) NERFINISHED ⓘ God Most High (El Elyon) NERFINISHED ⓘ Melchizedek, king of Salem NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedToConcept	Zion NERFINISHED ⓘ city of peace ⓘ
locatedInNarrativeRegion	land of Canaan NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Genesis ⓘ Genesis 14:18 ⓘ
nameMeaning	peace ⓘ
nameRelatedTo	shalom ⓘ
relatedText	Psalm 76:2 ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
ruledBy	Melchizedek NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	primarily known from scriptural text rather than archaeology ⓘ
timePeriod	patriarchal period (biblical narrative) ⓘ
traditionalIdentification	Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
uncertaintyOf	exact historical location ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Salem, Illinois, United States → namedFor → Salem (biblical city) ⓘ

subject surface form: Salem, Illinois

Salem, New Jersey → namedAfter → Salem (biblical city) ⓘ

Melchizedek → associatedWithPlace → Salem (biblical city) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jerusalem (traditional identification of Salem)