CHEDORLAOMER

Passages on this topic · 16

• Genesis 14:1

  In the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,

• Genesis 14:2

  they 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 (also called Zoar).

• Genesis 14:3

  All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (also called the Salt Sea).

• Genesis 14:4

  They served Chedorlaomer for twelve years, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled.

• Genesis 14:5

  In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

• Genesis 14:6

  and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to El Paran, which is by the wilderness.

• Genesis 14:7

  They returned, and came to En Mishpat (also called Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.

• Genesis 14:8

  The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim;

• Genesis 14:9

  against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.

• Genesis 14:10

  Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and some fell there, and those who remained fled to the hills.

• Genesis 14:11

  They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.

• Genesis 14:12

  They took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

• Genesis 14:13

  One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. At that time, he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and they were allies of Abram.

• Genesis 14:14

  When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

• Genesis 14:15

  He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

• Genesis 14:16

  He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the other people.