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;
Ver. 1. In the days of Amraphel,] i.e., Nimrod, as R. Salomon saith: or Ninus, as others.
King of nations.] Of a people made up of sundry nations, saith Lyra. Symmachus rendereth it, King of Scythians: others, of Pamphylia.
CHAPTER XIV _The war of four confederate kings against the five kings of_ _Canaan_, 1-3. _The confederate kings overrun and pillage the whole country_, 4-7. _Battle between them and the kings of C...
- Abram Rescues Lot 1. אמרפל _'amrāpel_, Amraphel; related: unknown. אלריוך _'aryôk_, Ariok, “leonine?” related: ארי _'arı̂y_, “a lion:” a name re-appearing in the time of Daniel Daniel 2:14....
CHAPTER 14 THE FIRST RECORDED WAR AND LOT'S DELIVERANCE _ 1. The battle of the confederacy (Genesis 14:1)_ 2. Sodom and Gomorrah spoiled (Genesis 14:11) 3. Abram's rescue (Genesis 14:14) 4. S
THE FOUR KINGS MAKE WAR WITH THE FIVE REBEL KINGS. The four kings of Lower Babylonia, Larsa, Elam, and (?) Guti, made war on the five kings of the cities of the Plain, who had formed a confederacy in...
GENESIS 12:1 TO GENESIS 25:18. THE STORY OF ABRAHAM. In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main sources...
CAME TO PASS IN THE DAYS OF. Hebrew _v'yahi bemeyi :_ occurs. times (see App-10); always marks. time of trouble ending in blessing. Compare Ruth 1:1.Isaiah 7:1.Jeremiah 1:3.
KHAMMURABI (? AMRAPHEL), KING OF BABYLON, RECEIVING LAWS FROM SHAMASH, THE SUN-GOD. 1 12. The Campaign 1. _And it came to pass in the days of_ The opening formula of a new Hebrew section. Cf. Ruth 1:...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, &C.— The Vulgate renders it, _and it came to pass in those days, that Amraphel,_ &c. a translation which Houbigant follows and approves. It is very difficult to give any satisfact...
_4. The Biblical Account (ch. 14)._ 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 Goiim, 2 that they made war with Be...
_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;_ And it came to pass. This chapter presents Abram in the...
14:1 nations, (e-30) Or 'Goim.'...
THE BATTLE OF THE KINGS, AND THE CAPTURE AND RESCUE OF LOT Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, had subdued the Canaanites of the Jordan valley some years before the events narrated in this chapter. The latte...
AMRAPHEL] king of Shinar or Babylonia. He eventually expelled the Elamites who had invaded his territory. Amraphel has by many authorities been identified with _Hammurabi_ of the inscriptions. A table...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 14 THE FIGHT BETWEEN 4 KINGS AND 5 KINGS V1 At this time there were 4 kings. One was Amraphel and he was the king of Shinar. Another king was Ari...
The 4 kings came from countries that are east of *Canaan. They came with their armies to fight against 5 kings. These 5 kings ruled cities in the valley that is called Siddim. (See verse 3.) That vall...
XIV. INVASION OF THE JORDAN VALLEY BY CHEDOR-LAOMER, KING OF ELAM. (1) IT CAME TO PASS. — Connected with the settlement of Lot in the Jordan valley is one of the most remarkable episodes in the whole...
וַ יְהִ֗י בִּ ימֵי֙ אַמְרָפֶ֣ל מֶֽלֶךְ ־שִׁנְ
ABRAM'S RESCUE OF LOT Genesis 14:1 THIS chapter evidently incorporates a contemporary account of the events recorded. So antique a document was it even when it found its place in this book, that the...
ABRAM AT HEBRON; LOT TAKEN CAPTIVE Genesis 13:14; Genesis 14:1 Lot lifted up his eyes for himself, but when the last of Lot's followers had streamed out of the camp, God bade Abram lift up his eyes,...
In this chapter we see Lot and Abram in differing circumstances, resulting in the first case from personal choice, and in the second from the choice of God. Lot was involved in trouble through associa...
The Bible is full of promises so great they stagger the imagination. Anyone would like to receive the blessings they contain, if he could only believe God is able to keep his word. Our purpose in this...
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of (a) Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of (b) nations; (a) That is, of Babylon: by kings here, meaning, them...
_Sennaar, or Babylon. --- Pontus, Hebrew: Ellasar, perhaps Thalassar, as Jonathan writes, not far from Eden. --- Elamites, or Persians. --- Nations in Galilee, east of the Jordan, whither the conquere...
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. The Reader is desired to recollect, that the Sodomites were the descendants of Canaan; on whom that memorable denuncia...
CONTENTS If the history of the first battle ever fought be interesting, this chapter which relates it, must be so. But alas! what is the relation of all wars, but the relation of our fallen state. Fro...
We have had hitherto God's account of that which He had made; then the trial and utter ruin of the creature, with the revelation of divine mercy in Christ the Lord. We have had in fine the judgment of...
1._And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel_. The history related in this chapter is chiefly worthy of remembrance, for three reasons: first, because Lot, with a gentle reproof, exhorted the men of...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. After this (chap. 13) we have, in the conduct of Abram and Lot, the disinterestedness and self-renunciation of true faith on the one hand, and, on...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, IN THE DAYS OF AMRAPHEL KING OF SHINAR,.... Or Babylon, as Onkelos, where Nimrod began his kingdom, Genesis 10:8. This was Nimrod himself, as the Jewish writers generally says; t...
1 The battell of foure Kings against fiue. 11 Lot is taken prisoner. 14 Abram rescueth him. 18 Melchi-zedek blesseth Abram. 20 Abram giueth him tithe. 22 The rest of the spoile, his partners haui...
The Rebellion of the Valley Kings...
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,...
THIRD SECTION _Abram and his War with the Heathen robber-bands for the rescue of Lot. The victorious Champion of Faith and his greeting to Melchizedec, the prince of peace. His conduct towards the Ki...
THE WORLD'S CONFLICT We read now for the first time in scripture of war among nations of the ungodly world. Abram has no part in this. It is recorded mainly because of Lot. Four kings war against five...
1-12 The wars of nations make great figure in history, but we should not have had the record of this war if Abram and Lot had not been concerned. Out of covetousness, Lot had settled in fruitful, but...
GENESIS CHAPTER 14 Several kings wage war against the king of Sodom, &c.; Lot is taken prisoner, GENESIS 14:1. Abram rescues him, GENESIS 14:13. The king of Sodom congratulates him his victory, Genesi...
We are, here, presented with an historic record of the revolt of five kings from under the hand of Chederlaomer, and a battle consequent thereon. The Spirit of God can occupy himself with the movement...
Genesis 14:1 days H3117 Amraphel H569 king H4428 Shinar H8152 Arioch H746 king H4428 Ellasar H495 Chedorlaomer H3540 kin
‘And it happened in the days of Amraphel, King of Shinar, Arioch, King of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, King of Elam and Tidal, King of Goiim, that they made war with Bera, King of Sodom, and with Birsha, Ki...
CONTENTS: Abram delivers Lot. Abram's refusal to compromise with the King of Sodom. CHARACTERS: King of Sodom, Lot, Abram, Melchizedek. CONCLUSION: Genuine faith never wraps itself in fleece while a...
Genesis 14:1. _Amraphel king of Shinar,_ the plain on which Babylon was built. The Hebrew _melech,_ everywhere translated king, is equivalent, according to the Gothic etymon of the same word, to a fig...
_These made war_ THE FIRST WAR ON RECORD I. AS TO ITS MOTIVES. 1. Ambition. 2. Plunder. 3. The desire to recover lost sovereignty. II. AS TO THE CONDITIONS OF ITS SUCCESS. From the failure of hu...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 14:1 After separating from Abram and settling in Sodom, Lot is taken captive by an alliance of four kings who invade the Jordan Valley. Abram gathers a small army and recovers...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 14:1. Arioch.] Probably signifies _lion-like._ The name re-appears in the time of Daniel, as applied to the captain of the king’s guard (Daniel 2:14).—CHEDORLAOMER.] “Upon the...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 14:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS. After the separation of Abram and Lot, the latter of whom now appears as a citizen of Sodom, and not merely a settler in the Jordan circle; perhaps about...
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel the king of Shinar (Genesis 14:1), Now Shinar is Babylon. and Arioch the king of Ellasar [which is Babylonia], and Chedorlaomer the king of Elam [which is...
A.M. 2091. B.C. 1913. Shinar. Genesis 10:10 Genesis 11:2 Isaiah 11:11 Daniel 1:2...
We have here an account of the first war that ever we read of in scripture, in which we may observe. [1.] The parties engaged in it. The invaders were four kings; two of them no less than kings of Shi...
Is the account of Abraham’s defeat of the Mesopotamian kings historically reliable? PROBLEM: Genesis presents this battle as factually true. But, according to the Documentary Hypothesis of biblical c...