Genesis 14
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 14 of 50
Chapter Summary
1 The battle of four kings against five. 12 Lot is taken prisoner. 14 Abram rescues him. 18 Melchizedek blesses Abram. 20 Abram gives him tithe. 22 The rest of the spoil he returns to the king of Sodom.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
The Hebrew who arms his trained men, rescues captive Lot, tithes to Melchizedek, and refuses Sodom's spoil
King of Salem and priest of the Most High God who brings out bread and wine and blesses Abram
Abram's nephew, living in Sodom, taken captive by the four kings and rescued by Abram
King of Elam who leads the four-king coalition, subjugates the cities, and is defeated by Abram
King of Sodom who flees the battle, then meets Abram and offers him the recovered goods
King of Shinar, one of the four allied kings warring against the five cities of the plain
Timeline
Four kings (Amraphel, Arioch, Chedorlaomer, Tidal) wage war against five kings (Bera of Sodom, Birsha of Gomorrah, Shinab of Admah, Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela/Zoar) in the Valley of Siddim. The five kings had rebelled after serving Chedorlaomer for twelve years. The four kings defeat the five, take all the goods and food of Sodom and Gomorrah, and take Lot and his goods prisoner, as Lot was living in Sodom.
Genesis 14:1-12A fugitive tells Abram that his nephew Lot has been captured. Abram, with his 318 trained men born in his household, pursues the kings as far as Dan. He divides his forces by night, strikes them, and pursues them to Hobah, bringing back all the goods, Lot, and the women and people.
Genesis 14:13-16Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the Most High God, brings out bread and wine and blesses Abram, and blesses the Most High God who delivered Abram's enemies. Abram gives Melchizedek a tithe of everything.
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