Hebrews 7:2

²and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

Hebrews 7 presents the most extended biblical argument for the superiority of Christ's priesthood over the Levitical order. The chapter centers on Melchizedek, the mysterious priest-king who appears in Genesis 14, and interprets his priesthood as a type of Christ's eternal, non-here