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Heb 7:1. Οὗτος) The subject, namely, This man, who is mentioned ch. Heb 6:20 from the psalm, and the same who is mentioned in Genesis. The Predicate is, Heb 7:3, ἀπάτωρ-εἰς τὸ διηνεκὲς, without father-for ever. The summary of this chapter is: Christ, as is shown by the type Melchisedec, who was greater than Abraham himself, from whom Levi is descended, has a priesthood truly excellent, new, perfect, stedfast, everlasting.-βασιλεὺς-ἱερεὺς, king-priest) Christ is also both.-ἱερεὺς τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑψίστου) So the LXX., Gen 14:18; that is, Priest of the Most High GOD.-ὁ συναντήσας Ἀβραὰμ ὑποστρέφοντι ἀπὸ τῆς κοπῆς) The LXX., ibid. Heb 7:17, ἐξῆλθε δὲ βασιλεὺς Σοδόμων εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτῷ μετὰ τὸ ὑποστρέψαι αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς κοπῆς, κ.τ.λ. In the Ordo Temporum, p. 176, I have taken τὴν κοπὴν, in the strict sense, for the slaughter and destruction of the kings; but the meaning, flight, is also one consistent with the word הכות (LXX. κοπὴ), Gen 14:17; comp. Heb 7:15. Therefore this passage does not prevent us from believing that Arioch, king of Ellasar, lived and reigned after the disaster. There I did not venture to affirm that Arioch is the same as Arius, and I am less disposed to do so now. To such a degree is the antiquity of the Assyrians uncertain abroad, which L. Offerhaus speciously discusses in the second book of his Spicilegia.-εὐλογήσας) LXX. εὐλόγησε.