Genesis 14:4

Twelve years they had served Kedar-laomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

In Context

3All these were assembled at the plain of the field, which is (now) the place of the sea of salt.

5And in the fourteenth year came Kedar-laomer, and the kings who were with him, and smote the giants who were in Ashtaroth Karnaim, and the mighty who were in Chemta, and the terrible ones who were in Shaveh Kiryathaim,

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Cross References

Genesis 9:25and he said; Accursed be Kenaan, A working servant shall he be to his brethren.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:2-13

Lot Taken Captive. ( b. c. 1913.) 1 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; 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the… Read the whole commentary →

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