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Genesis 14

Gen. 14:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass in the days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of Amraphel
'Amraphel (Hebrew #569)
Amraphel, a king of Shinar
KJV usage: Amraphel.
Pronounce: am-raw-fel'
Origin: of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation
king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
b of Shinar
Shin`ar (Hebrew #8152)
Shinar, a plain in Babylonia
KJV usage: Shinar.
Pronounce: shin-awr'
Origin: probably of foreign derivation
, Arioch
'Aryowk (Hebrew #746)
Arjok, the name of two Babylonians
KJV usage: Arioch.
Pronounce: ar-yoke'
Origin: of foreign origin
king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of Ellasar
'Ellacar (Hebrew #495)
Ellasar, an early country of Asia
KJV usage: Ellasar.
Pronounce: el-law-sawr'
Origin: probably of foreign derivation
, Chedorlaomer
Kdorla`omer (Hebrew #3540)
Kedorlaomer, an early Persian king
KJV usage: Chedorlaomer.
Pronounce: ked-or-law-o'-mer
Origin: of foreign origin
king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of Elam
`Eylam (Hebrew #5867)
probably from 5956; hidden, i.e. distant; Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites
KJV usage: Elam.
Pronounce: ay-lawm'
Origin: or mOwlam (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36) {o-lawm'}
, and Tidal
Tid`al (Hebrew #8413)
fearfulness; Tidal, a Canaanite
KJV usage: Tidal.
Pronounce: tid-awl'
Origin: perhaps from 1763
king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
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Gen. 11:2• 2And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there. (Gen. 11:2)
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Isa. 11:11• 11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to acquire the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. (Isa. 11:11)
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Zech. 5:11• 11And he said unto me, To build it a house in the land of Shinar; and it shall be established, and set there upon its own base. (Zech. 5:11)

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Amraphel,
Arioch,
Chedorlaomer,
Elam,
Ellasar,
King,
Shinar,
Tidal

Cross References

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1-11:  The battle of four kings against the king of Sodom and his allies.
12-13:  Lot is taken prisoner.
14-16:  Abram rescues him.
17-20:  Melchizedek blesses Abram at his return, who gives him tithes.
21-24:  The rest of the spoil, his partners having had their portions he restores to the king of Sodom.
A.M. 2091.
B.C. 1913.Shinar.
Gen. 10:10• 10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. (Gen. 10:10)
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Gen. 11:2• 2And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there. (Gen. 11:2)
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Isa. 11:11• 11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to acquire the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. (Isa. 11:11)
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Dan. 1:2• 2And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, and a part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar, to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god. (Dan. 1:2)
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Zech. 5:11• 11And he said unto me, To build it a house in the land of Shinar; and it shall be established, and set there upon its own base. (Zech. 5:11)
Ellasar.
Isa. 37:12• 12Have the gods of the nations which my fathers have destroyed delivered them, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Thelassar? (Isa. 37:12)
Elam.
Gen. 10:22• 22The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. (Gen. 10:22)
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Isa. 21:2• 2A grievous vision is declared unto me: the treacherous dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, Elam! besiege, Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease. (Isa. 21:2)
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Isa. 22:6• 6--Elam beareth the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovereth the shield. (Isa. 22:6)
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Jer. 25:25• 25and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes; (Jer. 25:25)
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Jer. 49:34‑39• 34The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
 35Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
 36And upon Elam will I bring the four winds, from the four ends of the heavens, and I will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
 37And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life; and I will bring evil upon them, my fierce anger, saith Jehovah; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.
 38And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence king and princes, saith Jehovah.
 39But it shall come to pass at the end of the days, I will turn the captivity of Elam, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 49:34‑39)
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Ezek. 32:24• 24There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised unto the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their confusion with them that go down to the pit. (Ezek. 32:24)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel the king of Shinar, Arioch the king of El-lasar, Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and Tidal the king of nationse,

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Goim."