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Verse Genesis 14:5. _REPHAIMS_] A people of Canaan: Genesis 15:20.
_ASHTEROTH_] A city of Basan, where _Og_ afterwards reigned; Joshua
13:31.
_ZUZIMS_] Nowhere els
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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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The punitive expedition, instead of going straight for the rebel
cities, makes a tour of conquest. It moves down the E. side of Jordan
through Bashan and Moab to Edom and the Gulf of Akabah, then turn...
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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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REPHAIM. a branch of the _Nephilim._ See App-25. Superhuman beings, so
called after one Rapha: as the _Anakim_ after Anak. See Genesis 15:20;
Deuteronomy 2:11; Deuteronomy 2:20;...
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_came Chedorlaomer_ The king of Elam was strong enough to deal
vigorously with the rebellion in his western dependencies. This and
the two following verses describe the punitive expedition, with which...
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THE REPHAIMS— The LXX and some others render this, _the giants:_
they dwelt in Ashteroth-Karnaim, which was in Bashan, Deuteronomy
1:4.Joshua 9:10. The word Karnaim signifying _horned,_ some have
supp...
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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 IN THE FOURTEENTH YEAR CAME CHEDORLAOMER, AND THE KINGS THAT WERE
WITH HIM, AND SMOTE THE REPHAIMS IN ASHTEROTH KARNAIM, AND THE ZUZIMS
IN HAM, AND THE EMIMS IN SHAVEH KIRIATHAIM,_
Smote the Rep...
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14:5 Shaveh-Kirjathaim, (f-30) Or 'in the plain of Kirjathaim.'...
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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 4 kings came for two reasons. They came in order to overcome
several more nations. So they would rule over a larger area. And they
came in order to seize money and goods from the 5 kings. The Hori...
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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 REPHAIMS. — Described as an Amorite tribe (Amos 2:9) of great
stature, settled in Bashan, where Moses conquered them (Joshua 13:12).
We find them also on the other side of Jordan, in Mount Ephraim...
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וּ בְ אַרְבַּע֩ עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה שָׁנָ֜ה
בָּ֣א כְדָר
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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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_Raphaim, Zuzim, and Emim, were all of the gigantic race, robbers,
like the Arabs. (Du Hamel) --- These dwelt in the land of Basan, or of
giants, Deuteronomy iii. 13._...
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And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he
dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and
brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
Abram mi...
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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 IN THE FOURTEENTH YEAR CAME CHEDORLAOMER,.... Not in the
fourteenth year of their rebellion against him, as Jarchi, but from
their becoming vassals to him:
AND THE KINGS THAT [WERE] WITH HIM; tho...
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And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that
[were] with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the
Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
Ver. 5. _Ched...
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Gen. 14:5, 6. Thus God is pleased to honor His servant Abraham. First,
He orders that in Providence, that shows the great strength of the
enemy, by giving the victory over so many people and those tha...
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_In the fourteenth year_ After some pause and preparation,
Chedorlaomer, in conjunction with his allies, set himself to reduce
the revolters. The four kings laid the neighbouring countries waste,
and...
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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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SHAVEH KIRIATHAIM:
Or, the plain of Kiriathaim...
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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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THE KINGS THAT WERE WITH HIM, i.e. confederate with him for the
recovery of his right, expecting the same assistance from him upon the
like occasion. _1913_ THE REPHAIMS, a fierce and warlike people o...
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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 14:5 fourteenth H6240 H702 year H8141 Chedorlaomer H3540 kings
H4428 came H935 (H8804) attacked H5221 ...
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‘And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings who were
with him and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in
Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, and the Horites in th...
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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 14:5 Under the leadership of CHEDORLAOMER,
the invading kings defeat several tribal groups. The six locations
reveal that the invaders moved southward along the King’s Highway...
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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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Rephaims. Genesis 15:20 Deuteronomy 3:11 Deuteronomy 3:20 Deuteronomy
3:22...
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In the fourteenth year — After some pause and preparation,
Chedorlaomer, in conjunction with his allies, set himself to reduce
the revolters.
[3.] The progress of the war. The four kings laid the nei...