Abram Rescues Lot

14 In those days Amraphel king of Shinar,(A) Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam,[a](B) and Tidal[b] king of Goiim[c] waged war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim,(C) as well as the king of Bela (that is, Zoar(D)). All of these came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea(E)). They were subject to Chedorlaomer for 12 years, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim(F) in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham,(G) the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, and the Horites(H) in the mountains of Seir, as far as El-paran(I) by the wilderness. Then they came back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh(J)), and they defeated all the territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 14:1 A region in southwest Iran
  2. Genesis 14:1 The name Tidal may be related to the Hittite royal name Tudhaliya.
  3. Genesis 14:1 Or nations

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