Alma 13:18 · Hebrews 7:2
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The reading offered to weigh: both texts connect the name Salem to peace — Hebrews by explicit etymology ('by interpretation… King of peace'), Alma by a causal naming sentence (Melchizedek established peace, 'therefore he was called the prince of peace, for he was the king of Salem'). The identification of the two moves is the wiki's, not asserted: the only shared verbatim is the title 'king of Salem' (a name alone cannot carry a textual tier, per the apostle-of-the-Lamb standard), and the peace-titles differ — Hebrews 'King of peace', Alma 'prince of peace'. Distributions (verified by a search of the corpus): 'king of Salem' stands at four corpus loci case-insensitive (Hebrews 7:2 prints it 'King of Salem') — Genesis 14:18 (the narrative scene both texts draw the title from: 'Melchizedek king of Salem… he was the priest of the most high God'), Alma 13:18, Hebrews 7:1, and 7:2; 'prince of peace' (case-insensitive) at four — Isaiah 9:6's Messianic title ('The Prince of Peace'), its Book of Mormon transcription at 2 Nephi 19:6, Abraham 1:2 (Abraham's own aspiration, 'a father of many nations, a prince of peace'), and Alma 13:18, the only locus said of Melchizedek. Origin of the shared onomastic move outside this wiki's scope. Registered at the 2026-07-10 editorial review (provenance in verification-log.md).