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Originally Posted by Hemidakota

The Book of Genesis 33
Jacob and Esau meet: Jacob goeth to Salem, where he raiseth an altar. 1 And Jacob lifting ..., he called the name of the place Socoth, that is, Tents. 18 And he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Chanaan, after that he was come from Mesopotamia and pitched before the cyte 19 and bought a

JST Genesis 14
17 And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine; and... this order; therefore he obtained peace in Salem, and was called the Prince of peace. 34 And..., and obtained heaven, and sought for the city of Enoch which God had before taken

The Book of Judges 1
This city was divided into two; one part was called Jebus, the other Salem...Cinite, the kinsman of Moses, went up from the city of palms, with the children of Juda, into the wilderness...land of Hetthim, and built there a city, and called it Luza: which is so

The Book of Alma 10
Lord. Now this Melchizedek was a king over the land of Salem; and his people had waxed strong... called the Prince of Peace, for he was the king of Salem; and he did reign under ... Amulek were commanded to depart out of that city; and they departed, and came

The Book of Alma 13... of the Lord. 17 Now this Melchizedek was a king over the land of Salem; and his people had waxed strong in ...behold, angels are declaring it unto many at this time in our land; and this is for the purpose of preparing the hearts of the children of men to

I apologize Hemi, I fail to see where the verses declare that Salem was translated. Perhaps "obtained heaven" or "sought for the city of Enoch", but even those verses are vague enough to cast some doubt onto the theory.
Did Joseph Smith ever declare that Salem was translated?