given to the king of priest after the order of Melchizedek, and obviouslyAccording to 2 Sam. 8, David's sons were priests. In Israel, as in Ugarit and elsewhere in the ANE, the king could assume priestly functions.
negating the Aaronid priesthood role. Ps110 seems to me a better fit as the
enthronement of the Hasmonean king.
Melchizedek, a Jebusite Jerusalem priest king, is mentioned twice in the Bible in two entirely different and independent contexts. That in itself is worthy of note. Add to this the fact the conquest of Jerusalem is attributed to David, who did not exterminate or expel the native Jebusite population, but lived with them on amicably, even, according to 2 Sam. 24, purchasing the Temple Mount from the Jebusite ewir, probably the former ruler, probably of the Melchizedek/Adonizedek dynasty, perhaps even Melchizedek himself. The narrative of 2 Sam. 24 may be unhistorical, but the almost inadvertent historical notice of the purchase of nothing less than the Temple Mount from the local Jebusite, polytheistic ewir is something that should be given serious consideration.>making the whole Melchitzedek tradition in Gen. 14 quite early. Abraham, as
>eponymic ancestor of the later United Kingdom of Israel under the Davidic
dynasty,
>receives the blessing of the king of Jerusalem, David's future capital.Doesn't that all seem artificial to you though? There is no opaque reason
for a necessary blessing from a person who is never heard of before or
after. Perhaps I'm missing out on something.
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