Genesis 14:1, The battle of four kings against the king of Sodom and his allies; Genesis 14:12, Lot is taken prisoner; Genesis 14:14, Abram rescues him; Genesis 14:17, Melchizedek blesses Abram at his return, who gives him tithes; Genesis 14:21, The rest of the spoil, his partners having had their portions he restores to the king of Sodom.
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Genesis 14
Genesis 14 — Overview
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Genesis 14 — OverviewGenesis 14 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have four things in the story of this chapter. I. A war with the
king of Sodom and his allies, ver. 1-11. II. The captivity of Lot in
that war, ver. 12. III. Abram's rescue of Lot from that captivity, with…Genesis 14 — OverviewGenesis 14 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of a war that was waged, and a battle fought between four kings on one side, and five on the other, and of the occasion and issue of it, who were the first kings, and this the first battle…Genesis 14:1-12Genesis 14:1-12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here an account of the first war that ever we read of in
scripture, which (though the wars of the nations make the greatest
figure in history) we should not have had the history of if Abram and
Lot had…Genesis 14:1Genesis 14:1 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeam 2091, bc 1913
Shinar: Genesis 10:10, Genesis 11:2; Isaiah 11:11; Daniel 1:2; Zechariah 5:11
Ellasar: Isaiah 37:12
Elam: Genesis 10:22; Isaiah 21:2, Isaiah 22:6; Jeremiah 25:25, Jeremiah 49:34-39; Ezekiel 32:24Genesis 14:2Genesis 14:2 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeSodom: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 19:24; Isaiah 1:9-10
Admah: Deuteronomy 29:23; Hosea 11:8
Zeboiim: 1 Samuel 13:18; Nehemiah 11:34
Zoar: Genesis 19:20-30; Deuteronomy 34:3; Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:34Genesis 14:2Genesis 14:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible[That these] made war with Bera king of Sodom,.... A city in the plain of Jordan, which with the four following made the Pentapolis, or five cities of the plain. Strabo says, in this place formerly were thirteen cities,…
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