Genesis 14:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 14:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 14:18 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 14:18 — KJV
“And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.”
— Genesis 14:18 (KJV)
Genesis 14:18 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 14:18
“For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;”
Shares key themes with Genesis 14:18: king, salem, priest
“And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 14:18: king, salem, forth
“And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 14:18: salem, brought, priest
“Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;”
Shares key themes with Genesis 14:18: king, salem, brought
“Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. father: or, grandfather taken: Chaldee, brought forth”
Shares key themes with Genesis 14:18: king, salem, brought
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