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Verse Genesis 14:17. _THE KING OF SODOM WENT OUT TO MEET HIM_] This
could not have been _Bera_, mentioned Genesis 14:2, for it seems
pretty evident, from Genesis 14:10, that both he and _Birsha_, kin...
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- 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....
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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
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ABRAHAM SMITES THE VICTORS AND RESCUES LOT. The fugitive, who is wont
in such stories to bring the news, tells Abraham, mentioned here as if
for the first time. He musters (Sam., LXX) his trained men,...
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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...
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KING'S DALE. the king of Salem mentioned in next verse. The name still
retained in 2 Samuel 18:18....
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_the king of Sodom_ See note on Genesis 14:10. The writer evidently
assumes that this is the same king who had fallen in "the slime pits";
for only the king who had lost property and wealth, but saved...
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AND THE KING OF SODOM, &C.— After Abram's return with conquest, the
recovered captives, and the spoil, Bera the king of Sodom, Genesis
14:2 and Melchizedek the king of Salem, went out to meet him, at...
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_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...
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_AND THE KING OF SODOM WENT OUT TO MEET HIM AFTER HIS RETURN FROM THE
SLAUGHTER OF CHEDORLAOMER, AND OF THE KINGS THAT WERE WITH HIM, AT THE
VALLEY OF SHAVEH, WHICH IS THE KING'S DALE._
From the slau...
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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...
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THE KING OF SODOM] see on Genesis 14:10. THE KING'S DALE] unknown.
Perhaps the place where Absalom set up a pillar: see 2 Samuel 18:18.
Josephus says it was near Jerusalem....
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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...
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THE SLAUGHTER. — Heb., _the smiting,_ that is, the defeat of
Chedorlaomer.
THE VALLEY OF SHAVEN. — That is, the valley of the plain (see on
Genesis 14:5). It was the place where Absalom erected his pi...
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וַ יֵּצֵ֣א מֶֽלֶךְ ־סְדֹם֮ לִ
קְרָאתֹו֒ אַחֲר
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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...
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ABRAM AND MELCHIZEDEK
Genesis 14:13
Recently discovered monuments confirm this narrative of the
confederacy of the kings, but do not tell of their overthrow. Abram
might fairly have left Lot to reap...
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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...
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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...
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And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies
into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
I beg the Reader, very particularly, in entering upon the perusal of
these verses, to...
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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...
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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...
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AND THE KING OF SODOM WENT OUT TO MEET HIM,.... While Abram was in
pursuit of the four kings, the king of Sodom came down from the
mountain whither he and those that escaped with him fled, and came to...
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And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the
slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that [were] with him, at
the valley of Shaveh, which [is] the king's dale.
Ver. 17. Th...
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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...
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And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the
slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the
valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. The news of Abra...
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ABRAHAM'S RETURN...
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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...
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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...
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17-20 Melchizedek is spoken of as a king of Salem, supposed to be the
place afterwards called Jerusalem, and it is generally thought that he
was only a man. The words of the apostle, Hebrews 7:3, sta...
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So called either upon this occasion of the meeting of divers kings
here; or because king Melchizedek either had his habitation, or was
much delighted with it, and conversant in it. See 2 SAMUEL 18:18....
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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...
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Genesis 14:17 king H4428 Sodom H5467 out H3318 (H8799) meet H7125
(H8800) Valley H6010 Shaveh H7740 that...
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‘And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his
brother Lot and his goods, and the women also, and the people. And the
king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaug...
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Genesis 14:17. _And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his
return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were
with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale....
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Genesis 14:17. _And the King of Sodom went out to meet him after his
return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were
with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale....
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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...
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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...
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_Return from the slaughter_
I.
THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN. Abram returning from the subjugation of the
kings, accompanied with Lot, whom he had rescued, and laden with
spoils of war.
1. The aged chiefta...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 14:17 This passage emphasizes Abram’s
reliance on God rather than on military might to gain possession of
Canaan.
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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...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 14:17. Valley of Shaveh] Shaveh means valley or dale. Nothing
is known of its situation.—
GENESIS 14:18. MELCHIZEDEK, KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS] The Jews identify
him with Shem....
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 14:17
AND THE KING OF SODOM—Bera, or his successor (_vide_ Genesis
14:10)—WENT OUT TO MEET HIM (_i.e._ Abram) AFTER HIS RETURN FROM THE
SLAUGHTER (perhaps too forcible an expressio...
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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...
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to. Judges 11:34 1 Samuel 18:6 Proverbs 14:20 Proverbs 19:4 after.
Hebr
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ABRAM DELIVERS LOT
Genesis 14:8
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Let us bring before you the opening verses of Genesis fourteen.
WE HAVE BEFORE US A STORY OF WAR AND STRIFE. The various kings of
cities and nati...