Study it in the app“After he returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the Valley of the King).”
Afterאַחֲרֵיhe returnedשׁוּבוֹfrom defeatingמֵהַכּוֹתChedorlaomerאֶת כְּדָרלָעֹמֶרand the kingsוְאֶת הַמְּלָכִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere with him,אִתּוֹthe kingמֶלֶךְof Sodomסְדֹםwent outוַיֵּצֵאto meet himלִקְרָאתוֹatאֶלthe Valleyעֵמֶקof Shavehשָׁוֵה(that is,הוּאthe Valleyעֵמֶקof the King).הַמֶּלֶךְ
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appearsdefeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “hakot” appearsChedorlaomer
Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, leader of the alliance of four kings in Genesis 14.
Where else “kedarlaomer” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appearsSodom
See it on the mapWhere else “sedom” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appearsvalley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “emek” appearsShaveh
Shaveh, the name of a valley or plain.
Where else “shave” appearsSodom ?
Today: disputed; perhaps south or northeast of the Dead Sea
A city of the Jordan plain; its site is not known for certain, perhaps near the Dead Sea.
Its people were very wicked (Gen 13:13). God destroyed it with fire, and saved Lot (Gen 19:24-25).
16He brought back all the possessions, and also Lot his brother and his possessions he brought back, and also the women and the people.
17 · This verse (above)
18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of El Elyon.
1. What it says
What did Abram do when he heard that his relative Lot had been taken captive (vv. 14-16)?
2. What it means
What does Melchizedek, king of Salem, do, and what does he say when he blesses Abram (vv. 18-20)?
3. How I live it
How can you help a relative or friend in trouble without expecting anything in return, as Abram did (vv. 22-24)?
