Peace

1. An ancient name of Jerusalem, Genesis 14:18 Hebrews 7:1,3, afterwards applied to it poetically, Psalms 76:2.

2. A city of the Shechemites, east of Sychar, Genesis 33:18.

Peace, commonly supposed to be another name of Jerusalem (Genesis 14:18; Psalms 76:2; Hebrews 7:1,2).

(peace ). The place of which Melchizedek was king. (Genesis 14:18; Hebrews 7:1,2) No satisfactory identification of it is perhaps possible. Two main opinions have been current from the earliest ages of interpretation: (1). That of the Jewish commentators, who affirm that Salem is Jerusalem, on the ground that Jerusalem is so called in (Psalms 76:2) Nearly all Jewish commentators hold this opinion. (2). Jerome, however, states that the Salem of Melchizedek was not Jerusalem, but a town eight Roman miles south of Scythopolis, and gives its then name as Salumias, and identifies it with Salem, where John baptized. (Psalms 76:2) it is agreed on all hands that Salem is here employed for Jerusalem.