And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
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Interpretation
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 wicked Sodom.
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This thought runs through Genesis 14:4-8.
Glossary
- Ashteroth-karnaim Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Ashtara.
- Ham Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Ham.
- Shaveh-kiriathaim Place
- Biblical natural area. Modern identification: Al Qurayyat.