Genesis 14:17
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Abram Blessed by Melchizedek
17 After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh, that is, the King’s Valley.(A)
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2 Samuel 18:18
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18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a pillar that is in the King’s Valley, for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in remembrance.” He called the pillar by his own name; it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.(A)
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Hebrews 7:1
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The Priestly Order of Melchizedek
7 This “Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him,”(A)
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Proverbs 19:4
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4 Wealth brings many friends,
but the poor are left friendless.(A)
Proverbs 14:20
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20 The poor are disliked even by their neighbors,
but the rich have many friends.(A)
1 Samuel 18:6
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6 As they were coming home, when David returned from killing the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments.[a](A)
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- 18.6 Or triangles or three-stringed instruments
Judges 11:34
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Jephthah’s Daughter
34 Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah, and there was his daughter coming out to meet him with timbrels and with dancing. She was his only child; he had no son or daughter except her.(A)
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