Genesis 14:1
It came about in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,
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Genesis 10:10The first centers of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 11:2As they journeyed in the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there.
Isaiah 21:2A distressing vision has been given to me: 1 the treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. 1 Go up and attack, Elam; besiege, Media; 1 I will stop all her groaning. 1
Isaiah 37:12Have the gods of the nations rescued them, the nations that my fathers destroyed: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Tel Assar?
Jeremiah 49:34This is the word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam. This happened at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, and he said,
Daniel 1:2The Lord gave Nebuchadnezzar victory over Jehoiakim king of Judah, and he gave him some of the sacred objects from the house of God. He brought them into the land of Babylonia, to the house of his god, and he placed the sacred objects in his god's treasury.
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 →