Genesis 14:1–16

War of the Kings

¹And it came about in the days of Amraphel king of ^aShinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of ^bElam, and Tidal king of ¹Goiim,

²that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of ^aAdmah, and Shemeber king of ^bZeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, ^cZoar).

³All these ¹came as allies to ^athe valley of Siddim (that is, ^bthe Salt Sea).

⁴Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but the thirteenth year they rebelled.

⁵In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, came and ¹defeated the ^aRephaim in ^bAshteroth-karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham and the Emim in ^2cShaveh-kiriathaim,

⁶and the ^aHorites in their Mount Seir, as far as ^bEl-paran, which is by the wilderness.

⁷Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, ^aKadesh), and ¹conquered all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, who lived in ^bHazazon-tamar.

⁸And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out; and they arrayed for battle against them in ^athe valley of Siddim,

⁹against Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of ¹Goiim and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.

¹⁰Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and ^athe kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell ¹into them. But those who survived fled to the ^bhill country.

¹¹Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food supply, and departed.

¹²They also took Lot, ^aAbram’s nephew, and his possessions and departed, ^bfor he was living in Sodom.

¹³Then ¹a fugitive came and told Abram the ^aHebrew. Now he was ²living by the ^3boaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and these were ^4callies with Abram.

¹⁴When Abram heard that ^ahis ¹relative had been taken captive, he ²led out his trained men, ^bborn in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and went in pursuit as far as ^cDan.

^15aHe divided ¹his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and ²defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is ³north of ^bDamascus.

¹⁶He ^abrought back all the goods, and also brought back ^bhis ¹relative Lot with his possessions, and also the women, and the people.