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Oct 10, 2019 · When David became King he called the Jebusite city Jerusalem because it was the city that was suppose to represent Heaven here on earth. When Salomon became King he place the Temple on Mount Moriah, which was where Abraham was going to sacrifice Issac.
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Salem was incorporated as a city on March 23, 1836, and adopted a city seal in 1839 with the motto "Divitis Indiae usque ad ultimum sinum", Latin for "To the rich East Indies until the last lap." Nathaniel Hawthorne was overseer of Salem's port from 1846 until 1849.
1614John Smith surveys the coast of New England. John Smith made a single trip to Massachusetts in 1614. 1626. Roger Conant arrives, settling what would become Salem. In the autumn of 1626, Roger Conant began a settlement in what is today Salem.
When Abraham entered the land of Canaan around 2000 BC the city of Jerusalem was called Salem (Genesis 14). After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
Salem ( Hebrew: שָׁלֵם, Shalem; Ancient Greek: Σαλήμ, Salḗm) is an ancient Middle Eastern town mentioned in the Bible . Salem is referenced in the following biblical passages: "And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God." [1]
sa'-lem (shalem; Salem): The name of the city of which Melchizedek was king ( Genesis 14:18 Hebrews 7:1, 2; compare Psalm 76:2 ). 1. Identification and Meaning: To all appearance it lay near "the Vale of Shaveh," described as "the King's Vale." The general opinion among the Jews was that Salem was the same as Jerusalem, as stated by Josephus ...
Learn Salem’s History. 1600s. 1700s. 1800s. 1900s. 2000s. 10,000 years ago. The Arrival of Indigenous People in New England. The end of the last ice age, and the arrival of the Indigenous people in New England. Sometime 12,000 to 9,000 years ago, the first humans entered the land around Salem, as the glaciers receded at the end of the last ice age.
