KING’s VALE (עֵ֥מֶק הַמֶּֽלֶכְ). A broad valley in which the king of Sodom met Abraham (Gen 14:17; KJV KING’s DALE), and where Absalom set up a pillar or monument (2 Sam 18:18; KJV, ASV KING’s DALE). It was identical with the Valley of Shaveh, and was evidently near Salem, the city of which Melchizedek was king.