Study it in the app“against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar: four kings against the five.”
against Chedorlaomerאֵת כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶרkingמֶלֶךְof Elam,עֵילָםTidalוְתִדְעָלkingמֶלֶךְof Goiim,גּוֹיִםAmraphelוְאַמְרָפֶלkingמֶלֶךְof Shinar,שִׁנְעָרand Ariochוְאַרְיוֹךְkingמֶלֶךְof Ellasar:אֶלָּסָרfourאַרְבָּעָהkingsמְלָכִיםagainst the five.אֶת הַחֲמִשָּׁה
Chedorlaomer
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 “melech” appearsElam
Elam, a son of Shem; also the country east of Mesopotamia; also several Israelites.
Where else “elam” appearsTidal
Tidal, one of the four allied kings, "king of Goiim" (Goiim means "nations").
Where else “tidal” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearsAmraphel
Amraphel, a king of Shinar (Babylonia) in the days of Abram.
Where else “amrafel” appearsShinar
Shinar, the Hebrew name of the plain of Babylonia, in southern Mesopotamia.
Where else “shinar” appearsArioch
Arioch, a king of Ellasar in the days of Abram; also a Babylonian officer in Daniel.
Where else “aryoch” appearsEllasar
Ellasar, a kingdom of Mesopotamia.
Where else “elasar” appearsfour
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears8Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and drew up battle lines against them in the Valley of Siddim,
9 · This verse (above)
10Now the Valley of Siddim was pit after pit of bitumen; and as they fled, the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fell there, and those who were left fled to the mountains.
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)?
