Yes, as translated. The first stark example of 'a priest after the order of Melchizedek': David - priest, prophet and King! David entered the Temple and ate the Shewbread.
As Wikipedia says, many take 'Salem' to be Jerusalem - but that is not certain. I think it is probably true. The Book of Jubilees relates how the three sons of Noah decided to divide up the dry land when the flood subsided. Ham took the southern hot regions - essentially Africa; Japheth took the northern and eastern lands. Shem took the Middle of the World, connecting three continents: Asia Minor and the Levant.
Ham realized that Shem would become a mediator, establishing control over commerce between the three continents. He encouraged his (cursed) son, Canaan, to seize the strip of land where all roads converged; that land is named in the Bible: Canaan. So Ham intruded on Shem's allotment.
This situation prevailed until God stirred up Abram of Ur of the Chaldee - a descendent of Shem - to go to the land 'that I will show you.' Abram eventually arrived in Canaan 👉 where he was received without resistance. He was received because he came to solidify Shem's proper authority over the land.
Subsequently we find Abraham's offspring failing repeatedly to enforce God's will and take the land with force if need be, evicting all usurpers dwelling there.
Those 'failures' set up all the major spiritual conflicts that survive even unto today in the 'Middle East' - and around the world to some extent. NOTE that the Bible refers to Canaan ('Palestine') as the 'center of the earth.'
Interesting! Regarding Canaan (Now Israel) as the center, Chuck Missler pointed out in a video I recently saw that nations to the west of Israel have languages that read left to right. Likewise, nations to the east of Israel have languages that read right to left. I’m not sure how accurate this claim is or if it is 100%, but it does seem interesting.
I also remember a video (not sure by who) that illustrated all the locations where Joshua failed to drive out the Canaanites are the same locations where we have strife today. Gaza certainly comes to mind.
David was not a priest, Christ himself said it was not lawful for him to eat the shewbread, but he said it as part of pointing out that such lesser laws had reasonable exceptions:
Matthew 12:3-7
3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Jubilees Chapter 8 starting at 11 if anyone needs reference.
“Subsequently we find Abraham’s offspring failing repeatedly to enforce God’s will and take the land with force if need be, evicting all usurpers dwelling there.”
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‘evicting’ should be ‘killing’
We are still fighting the seed war of the bible. The baddies went underground, and are hiding in plain sight, but it continues nonetheless.
“It’s gonna be biblical.”