With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
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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.
Read with
This thought runs through Genesis 14:9-12.
Glossary
- Arioch Person
- Lion-like, venerable. (1. ) A king of Ellasar who was confederate with Chedorlamer ( Gen. 14:1 , 9). The tablets recently discovered by Mr. Pinches (see CHALDEA ) show the true reading is Eri-Aku of Larsa.
- Elam Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Shush.
- Ellasar Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Assur.
- Goiim Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Damascus.
- Shinar Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Babylon.