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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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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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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...
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VALE. Afterward, the Salt (or Dead Sea), when Moses wrote.
SIDDIM. the Siddim....
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_All these_ Probably the kings mentioned in Genesis 14:2, i.e. the
five local subject princes. That there should be any doubt whether
"all these" refers to the four kings of the east, or to the five k...
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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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_ALL THESE WERE JOINED TOGETHER IN THE VALE OF SIDDIM, WHICH IS THE
SALT SEA._
All these were joined together - i:e., were confederate.
THE VALE OF SIDDIM, [Hebrew, _ `EEMEQ_ (H6010).] - a low and...
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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 VALE OF SIDDIM WHICH IS THE SALT SEA] The words imply that what
had been the fertile vale of Siddim was covered, in the author's time,
by the Salt (Dead) Sea. It is a disputed question whether thi...
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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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ALL THESE WERE JOINED TOGETHER. — Were united in a confederacy, and
so formed a pentapolis, or group of five allied towns, like the
Philistine league with its five lords (1 Samuel 6:16).
THE VALE OF S...
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כָּל ־אֵ֨לֶּה֙ חָֽבְר֔וּ אֶל ־עֵ֖מֶק
הַ שִּׂד
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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 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,...
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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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All these were (c) joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the
(d) salt sea.
(c) Ambition is the chief cause of wars among princes.
(d) Called also the dead sea, or the lake Asphaltite, near...
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_Now, in the days of Moses. --- Salt sea; called also the vale of
salts, and the dead sea._...
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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...
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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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ALL THESE WERE JOINED TOGETHER IN THE VALE OF SIDDIM,.... Or "of
fields", or "ploughed lands" b, a fruitful vale abounding with corn;
or of gardens or paradises, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusal...
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All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the
salt sea.
Ver. 3. _The salt sea._] So it was afterwards called. _See Trapp on "_
Gen 19:25 _"_ See Plin., lib. v. cap. 16....
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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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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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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...
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Which now is, though when this battle was fought it was not so....
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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 14:3 together H2266 (H8804) Valley H6010 Siddim H7708 is H1931
Salt H4417 Sea H3220)
salt sea -...
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‘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...
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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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_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...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 14:3 The SALT SEA is the Dead Sea.
⇐ ⇔...
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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 14:1. 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...
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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...
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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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salt sea. Genesis 19:24 Numbers 34:12 Deuteronomy 3:17 Joshua 3:16...