To summarize to this point, Melchizedek's name—"my king is Tsedek" or "my king is righteous" (allowing for that possibility)—and his title (king of Salem) associate him personally with kingship, Jerusalem, righteousness, peace, and priesthood. That's what we have in the Old Testament. It doesn't matter if we have Tsedek as a theophoric name because in the big picture of biblical theology, Tsedek is Yahweh. That's what the biblical writers are presenting in the bigger picture. So here we have this guy who's associated with the Most High God (Tsedek-Yahweh). He's the king of Salem (Jerusalem). We've got themes of righteousness and justice going on. He's also a priest. He's a king-priest. You see what I'm doing here. There's a profile now building that people in the Second Temple period are going to use.
