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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...
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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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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.
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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:...
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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...
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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 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...
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14:1 nations, (e-30) Or 'Goim.'...
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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...
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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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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...
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וַ יְהִ֗י בִּ ימֵי֙ אַמְרָפֶ֣ל
מֶֽלֶךְ ־שִׁנְ
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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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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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 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...
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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. Salom...
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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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The Rebellion of the Valley Kings...
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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,...
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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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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...
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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 14:1 days H3117 Amraphel H569 king H4428 Shinar H8152 Arioch
H746 king H4428 Ellasar H495 Chedorlaomer H3540 kin
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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 14:1 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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A.M. 2091. B.C. 1913. Shinar. Genesis 10:10 Genesis 11:2 Isaiah 11:11
Daniel 1:2...
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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...
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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...