Melchizedek king of Salem priest of the Most High

Well, let's start with the obvious. 1. Melchizedek means king of righteousness (or just), 2. He was a
priest of 'El 'Elyon (translated as "the Most High God), 3. He was king of Salem, a Canaanite city
belonging to the Jebusites (See Joshua 15:8). The name Melchizedek was traditional and common after
the order of royalty in Canaan (among the Jebusites), as is seeing later. In Joshua's days there was this
Jebusite king by the name of Adonizedek king of Jerusalem (Joshua 10:1; Adonizedek means "lord of
righteousness" or something related).

A very important detail is the context of the story, Abram was sojourning in Canaan, in the plain of
Mamre the Amorite, brother to Eshcol and Aner, these were confederate with Abram (See Genesis
14:13). The God of Melchizedek was a Canaanite deity, 'El the compassionate (in Ugaritic writings).

The name 'El had not been use before this story, he was introduced to Abram by Melchizedek (truth is
he was very known and fully accepted since he was the patron god of the Ugaritic pantheon, Canaan).
Abram knew of 'El, in fact, the Canaanite city Beth.'el was a city dedicated to the patron god 'El and
literally meant "house of 'El", probable indicating that there was a literal temple dedicated to the deity
in that city (that Jacob gave name to the city of Bethel is laughable).

Conclusion: Melchizedek is a normal Canaanite king, priest to 'El and resided in the Jebusite city of Salem
(later becoming Jerusalem of the Jebusites then conquered by David later thus becoming of Israelite
domain).

NOTES: 1. The names (or titles) used for God before the introduction of 'EL were 'Elohiym (Genesis 1),
YHWH (Genesis 2:4), 'Elohey (Genesis 9:26). 2. After Genesis 14 the name 'El was equated with 'Elohiym,
YHWH and 'Elohey (See 'El as 'Elohey in Genesis 31:29; See 'El as 'Elohiym in Genesis 35:1; YHWH as 'El in
Genesis 17:1). 3. Hebrew tradition, as with everything else, twisted this for their own benefit.