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Text -- Genesis 14:1-7 (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 ).
14:4 For twelve years they had served Kedorlaomer , but in the thirteenth year they rebelled .
14:5 In the fourteenth year , Kedorlaomer and the kings who were his allies came and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim , the Zuzites in Ham , the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim ,
14:6 and the Horites in their hill country of Seir , as far as El Paran , which is near the desert .
14:7 Then they attacked En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh ) again, and they conquered all the territory of the Amalekites , as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazazon Tamar .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Tidal |
Sodom |
Chedorlaomer |
Lot |
Abraham |
Amorites |
Amraphel |
Birsha |
SIDDIM, VALE OF |
ARCHAEOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGY AND CRITICISM |
ARMY |
BABYLONIA |
CANAAN; CANAANITES |
ADAM IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
Babylon |
Gomorrah |
PENTATEUCH, 3 |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
LOT (1) |
GENESIS, 4 |
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NET Notes: Gen 14:1 Or “king of Goyim.” The Hebrew term גּוֹיִם (goyim) means “nations,” but a number of...
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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...
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NET Notes: Gen 14:4 The story serves as a foreshadowing of the plight of the kingdom of Israel later. Eastern powers came and forced the western kingdoms into submission....
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NET Notes: Gen 14:5 The Hebrew verb נָכָה (nakhah) means “to attack, to strike, to smite.” In this context it appears that the s...
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NET Notes: Gen 14:6 The line of attack ran down the eastern side of the Jordan Valley into the desert, and then turned and came up the valley to the cities of the plain.
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