Genesis 14:1 - Commentary

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Text -- Genesis 14:1 (NET)

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The Blessing of Victory for God’s People

14:1 At that time Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations

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Names, People and Places:

· Amraphel king of Shinar in the days of Abraham

· Arioch king of Ellasar, a town in Mesopotamia,the captain of the Nebuchadnezzar's guard

· Ched-Or-Laomer king of Elam in the time of Abraham

· Elam son of Shem son of Noah,a country east of the Tigris and Babylon in the territory of Media,son of Shashak of Benjamin,son of Meshelemiah; a Levite gatekeeper,a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon; Elam I,forefather of exile returnees with Zerubbabel; Elam II,forefather of returnees headed by Jeshaiah,forefather of Shecaniah who had to put away his heathen wife,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law,a priest who helped Nehemiah dedicate the new wall of Jerusalem

· Ellasar a town in Mesopotamia

· Goiim a country defeated by Abraham,a country or town defeated by Joshua

· Shinar a region including Babylonia and Babel, Erech, and Accad (OS)

· Tidal the king of Goiim defeated by Abraham