1 Amraphel|strong="H0569" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylonia, Arioch|strong="H0746" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Ellasar|strong="H0495", Kedorlaomer|strong="H3540" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Elam|strong="H5867", and|strong="H4428" Tidal|strong="H8413" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Goiim|strong="H1471".
2 All these|strong="H1931" kings|strong="H4428" fought|strong="H0854" a|strong="H4428" war|strong="H4421" against|strong="H0854" King|strong="H4428" Bera|strong="H1298" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467": King|strong="H4428" Birsha|strong="H1306" of|strong="H4428" Gomorrah|strong="H6017", King|strong="H4428" Shinab|strong="H8134" of|strong="H4428" Admah|strong="H0126", King|strong="H4428" Shemeber|strong="H8038" of|strong="H4428" Zeboiim|strong="H6636", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0854" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Bela|strong="H1106". (Bela|strong="H1106" is|strong="H1931" also|strong="H4428" called Zoar|strong="H6820".)
3 All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" kings joined|strong="H2266" their|strong="H3605" armies in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H6010" Siddim|strong="H7708". (The|strong="H3605" Valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H6010" Siddim|strong="H7708" is|strong="H1931" now the|strong="H3605" Salt|strong="H4417" Sea|strong="H3220".)
4 These kings had|strong="H0853" served|strong="H5647" Kedorlaomer|strong="H3540" for|strong="H8141" twelve|strong="H6240" years|strong="H8141". But|strong="H5647" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" 13th year|strong="H8141", they|strong="H8141" all rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H4775" him|strong="H0853".
5 So|strong="H0834" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0853" 14th year|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Kedorlaomer|strong="H3540" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5221" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" fight against|strong="H0854" them|strong="H0853". Kedorlaomer|strong="H3540" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5221" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Rephaites|strong="H7497" in|strong="H8141" Ashteroth Karnaim. They|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0853" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Zuzites in|strong="H8141" Ham|strong="H1990". They|strong="H0834" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Emites in|strong="H8141" Shaveh|strong="H7740" Kiriathaim|strong="H7156".
6 And|strong="H2022" they|strong="H0834" defeated the|strong="H0853" Horites|strong="H2752" who|strong="H0834" lived in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" area|strong="H2022" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Seir|strong="H8165" to|strong="H5704" El Paran. (El Paran is|strong="H0834" near|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" desert|strong="H4057".)
7 Then|strong="H0853" King Kedorlaomer turned|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725", went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" En Mishpat (that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1931", Kadesh|strong="H6946"), and|strong="H0935" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Amalekites|strong="H6003". He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Amorites|strong="H0567" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Hazezon Tamar.
8 At|strong="H4421" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467", Gomorrah|strong="H6017", Admah|strong="H0126", Zeboiim|strong="H6636", and|strong="H4428" Bela|strong="H1106" (Zoar|strong="H6820") joined|strong="H0854" together|strong="H0854" to|strong="H4428" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H0854" their|strong="H3318" enemies in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3318" Valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H4428" Siddim|strong="H7708".
9 They|strong="H4428" fought|strong="H0854" against|strong="H0854" King|strong="H4428" Kedorlaomer|strong="H3540" of|strong="H4428" Elam|strong="H5867", King|strong="H4428" Tidal|strong="H8413" of|strong="H4428" Goiim|strong="H1471", King|strong="H4428" Amraphel|strong="H0569" of|strong="H4428" Babylonia, and|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Arioch|strong="H0746" of|strong="H4428" Ellasar|strong="H0495". So there were|strong="H1471" four|strong="H0702" kings|strong="H4428" fighting against|strong="H0854" five|strong="H2568".
10 There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H2022" many holes filled with|strong="H4428" tar|strong="H2564" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8033" Valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H4428" Siddim|strong="H7708". When|strong="H5127" the|strong="H8033" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H4428" Gomorrah|strong="H6017" and|strong="H4428" their|strong="H8033" armies ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5307", some|strong="H8033" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8033" soldiers fell|strong="H5307" into|strong="H5307" these holes, but|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8033" others ran|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5307" to|strong="H8033" the|strong="H8033" mountains|strong="H2022".
11 So|strong="H3947" Kedorlaomer and|strong="H5467" his|strong="H3605" armies took|strong="H3947" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people of|strong="H3605" Sodom|strong="H5467" and|strong="H5467" Gomorrah|strong="H6017" owned. They|strong="H3605" took|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" food|strong="H0400" and|strong="H5467" clothing and|strong="H5467" left.
12 Lot|strong="H3876", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abram’s|strong="H0087" brother|strong="H0251", was|strong="H1931" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Sodom|strong="H5467", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1931" captured|strong="H3947" him|strong="H0853". They|strong="H1931" also|strong="H0853" took|strong="H3947" everything he|strong="H1931" owned and|strong="H1121" left|strong="H3427".
13 One|strong="H1931" of|strong="H1167" the|strong="H0935" men|strong="H1167" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H0935" escaped went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Abram|strong="H0087" the|strong="H0935" Hebrew|strong="H5680" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" what happened|strong="H0935". Abram|strong="H0087" was|strong="H1931" camped|strong="H7931" near the|strong="H0935" trees of|strong="H1167" Mamre|strong="H4471" the|strong="H0935" Amorite|strong="H0567". Mamre|strong="H4471", Eshcol|strong="H0812", and|strong="H0935" Aner|strong="H6063" had|strong="H0935" made|strong="H5046" an|strong="H0935" agreement|strong="H1285" to|strong="H0935" help each other|strong="H0251", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H0935" also|strong="H0935" signed an|strong="H0935" agreement|strong="H1285" to|strong="H0935" help Abram|strong="H0087".
14 When|strong="H3588" Abram|strong="H0087" learned that|strong="H3588" Lot was|strong="H1004" captured|strong="H7617", he|strong="H3588" called all|strong="H5704" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H8085" family|strong="H1004" together. There|strong="H5704" were|strong="H3211" 318 trained|strong="H2593" soldiers|strong="H3967". He|strong="H3588" led|strong="H7617" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H2593" and|strong="H3967" chased|strong="H7291" the|strong="H0853" enemy all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" town of|strong="H1004" Dan|strong="H1835".
15 That|strong="H0834" night|strong="H3915" he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H5650" his|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5650" made|strong="H5221" a|strong="H0834" surprise attack|strong="H5221" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" enemy. They|strong="H0834" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H5650" chased|strong="H7291" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" Hobah|strong="H2327", north|strong="H8040" of|strong="H5650" Damascus|strong="H1834".
16 Then|strong="H0853" Abram|strong="H7725" brought|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" everything|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" enemy had|strong="H0853" stolen, as|strong="H1571" well|strong="H1571" as|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H7725" servants, his|strong="H3605" nephew|strong="H0251" Lot|strong="H3876", and|strong="H7725" everything|strong="H3605" Lot|strong="H3876" owned.
17 Then|strong="H3318" Abram|strong="H7725" went|strong="H3318" home|strong="H7725" after|strong="H0310" he|strong="H0834" defeated|strong="H5221" Kedorlaomer|strong="H3540" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413". On|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" way home|strong="H7725", the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H4428" Shaveh|strong="H7740". (This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H0834" now|strong="H0310" called King’s|strong="H4428" Valley|strong="H6010".)
18 Melchizedek|strong="H4442", the|strong="H3318" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Salem|strong="H8004" and|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3318" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0410" Most|strong="H4428" High, also|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H4428" meet|strong="H3318" Abram. He|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H3318" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196".
19 He|strong="H0559" blessed|strong="H1288" Abram|strong="H0087" and|strong="H0776" said|strong="H0559",
20 And|strong="H3027" we|strong="H0834" praise|strong="H1288" God|strong="H0410" Most High,
21 Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467" told|strong="H0559" Abram|strong="H0087", “Give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5315" who|strong="H5315" were|strong="H5315" captured|strong="H3947". But|strong="H3947" you|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3947" keep|strong="H3947" everything else.”
22 But|strong="H4428" Abram|strong="H0087" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Sodom|strong="H5467", “I|strong="H0776" promise|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0410" Most|strong="H4428" High|strong="H7311", the|strong="H0559" one|strong="H0410" who|strong="H3068" made|strong="H7311" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H0776".
23 I|strong="H0589" promise|strong="H0559" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H3947" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" yours—not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3947" thread|strong="H2339" or|strong="H0518" a|strong="H3947" sandal|strong="H5275" strap|strong="H8288"! I|strong="H0589" don’t|strong="H3808" want you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0559" say|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H0589" made|strong="H6238" Abram|strong="H0087" rich|strong="H6238".’
24 The|strong="H0834" only|strong="H7535" thing I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" accept|strong="H3947" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" food|strong="H0398" that|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3947" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H0376" have|strong="H0834" eaten|strong="H0398", but|strong="H7535" you|strong="H0834" should|strong="H0376" give|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0376" men|strong="H0376" their|strong="H1992" share|strong="H2506". Take|strong="H3947" what|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" won in|strong="H1980" battle and|strong="H1980" give|strong="H0398" some|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1980" Aner|strong="H6063", Eshcol|strong="H0812", and|strong="H1980" Mamre|strong="H4471". These|strong="H1992" men|strong="H0376" helped me|strong="H3947" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0834" battle.”