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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 14:17

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 pillar (2 Samuel 18:18), and lay on the northern side of Jerusalem, probably where the Kedron valley widens out. Its other name, “the king’s dale,” may have been given it from this meeting of the kings of Salem and Sodom with the victorious Abram; but Onkelos, with far greater probability, considers that it was so called because upon this level ground the kings of Judah in subsequent times assembled and exercised their forces.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    KING'S DALE. the king of Salem mentioned in next verse. The name still retained in 2 Samuel 18:18....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֵּצֵ֣א מֶֽלֶךְ ־סְדֹם֮ לִ קְרָאתֹו֒ אַחֲר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    17._And the king of Sodom went out_. Although the king of Sodom knew that Abram had taken arms only on account of his nephew, yet he went to meet him with due honor, in order to show his gratitude. Fo...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ABRAHAM'S RETURN...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 14:17 king H4428 Sodom H5467 out H3318 (H8799) meet H7125 (H8800) Valley H6010 Shaveh H7740 that...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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....

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 14:17 This passage emphasizes Abram’s reliance on God rather than on military might to gain possession of Canaan. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    to. Judges 11:34 1 Samuel 18:6 Proverbs 14:20 Proverbs 19:4 after. Hebr

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

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