Biographical Sketch of Melchizedek

The writer introduced Melchizedek, and then rebuked and exhorted his readers out of concern that they wouldn't be able to grasp the things he wanted to convey to them. But having done so, and hopeful that they'd heed his exhortation, he returned to the topic of Melchizedek, first providing a biographical sketch of him from the one passage in the Scripture where he appears.