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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 they 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 recover 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 an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her 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 they 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 recover 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, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried 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 an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base. (Zech. 5:11)
Ellasar.
Isa. 37:12• 12Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? (Isa. 37:12)
Elam.
Gen. 10:22• 22The children 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 dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. (Isa. 21:2)
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Isa. 22:6• 6And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered 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 the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
 35Thus saith the Lord 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 quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
 37For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord; 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 the king and the princes, saith the Lord.
 39But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord. (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, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame 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."