Gen 14:1-3 - Commentary

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Text -- Genesis 14:1-3 (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 14:2 went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). 14:3 These last five kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

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Names, People and Places:

· Admah a town destroyed with Sodom

· Amraphel king of Shinar in the days of Abraham

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

· Bela a town near the south end of the Dead Sea,son of Beor; first king of Edom,son of Benjamin son of Israel,son of Azaz; a leader in the tribe of Reuben

· Bera king of Sodom in Abraham's time

· Birsha king of Gomorrah in Abraham's time

· 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

· Gomorrah an ancient city known for its sin whose ruins are said to be visible from the Masada,a town destroyed with Sodom by burning sulphur

· Salt Sea the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River

· Shemeber the king of Zeboiim in Abraham's time

· Shinab the king of Admah in Abraham's time

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

· Siddim a valley somewhere at the southern end of the Dead Sea

· Sodom an ancient town somewhere in the region of the Dead Sea that God destroyed with burning sulphur,a town 25 km south of Gomorrah and Masada

· Tidal the king of Goiim defeated by Abraham

· Zeboiim a town destroyed along with Sodom by raining hot sulphur

· Zoar a town at the south end of the Dead Sea

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NET Notes: Gen 14:1 Or “king of Goyim.” The Hebrew term גּוֹיִם (goyim) means “nations,” but a number of...

NET Notes: Gen 14:2 On the geographical background of vv. 1-2 see J. P. Harland, “Sodom and Gomorrah,” The Biblical Archaeologist Reader, 1:41-75; and D. N. F...

NET Notes: Gen 14:3 The Salt Sea is the older name for the Dead Sea.

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