Genesis 14:1

And it was in the days of Amraphel, king of Babel, Ariok, king of Elasar, Kedar-laomer, king of Elam, and Thidal, king of peoples,

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

In Context

2they made war with Bera, king of Sedom, and with Birsha, king of Amora, Shenab, king of Admah, Shemeber, king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:10And the head (beginning) of his kingdom was Bavel, and Erek, and Akad, and Kalneh in the land of Bavel.

Genesis 11:2And it was in their migrations at the beginning, that they found a plain in the land of Babel; and dwelt there.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:1

We have four things in the story of this chapter. I. A war with the king of Sodom and his allies, ver. 1-11 . II. The captivity of Lot in that war, ver. 12 . III. Abram's rescue of Lot from that captivity, with the victory he obtained over the conquerors, ver. 13-16 . IV. Abram's return from the expedition, ( ver. 17 ), with an account of what passed, 1. Between him and the king of Salem, ver. 18-20 . 2. Between him and the king of Sodom, ver. 21-24 . So that here we have that promise to Abram in part fulfilled,… Read the whole commentary →

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