Genesis 14:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; ”

• Genesis 14:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - Abram Rescues Lot 1. אמרפל 'amrāpel , Amraphel; related: unknown. אלריוך 'aryôk , Ariok, “leonine?” related: ארי 'arı̂y , “a lion:” a name re-appearing in the time of Daniel Daniel...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of (a) Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of (b) nations; (a) That is, of Babylon: by kings here, meaning, the...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Four Kings Make War with the Five Rebel Kings. The four kings of Lower Babylonia, Larsa, Elam, and (?) Guti, made war on the five kings of the cities of the Plain, who had formed a confederacy...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  came to pass in the days of. Hebrew v'yahi bemeyi : occurs. times (see App-10); always marks. time of trouble ending in blessing. Compare Ruth 1:1 . Isaiah 7:1 . Jeremiah 1:3 . Esther 1:1 ; 2 S...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  1. And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel. The history related in this chapter is chiefly worthy of remembrance, for three reasons: first, because Lot, with a gentle reproof, exhorted th...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; In the days of Amraphel - Who this king was is not known; and...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And it came to pass, &c.— The Vulgate renders it, and it came to pass in those days, that Amraphel, &c. a translation which Houbigant follows and approves. It is very difficult to give an...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; And it came to pass. This chapter presents Abram i...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Amraphel ] king of Shinar or Babylonia. He eventually expelled the Elamites who had invaded his territory. Amraphel has by many authorities been identified with Hammurabi of the inscriptions. A ta...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  XIV. INVASION OF THE JORDAN VALLEY BY CHEDOR-LAOMER, KING OF ELAM. (1) It came to pass. — Connected with the settlement of Lot in the Jordan valley is one of the most remarkable episodes in the...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  ABRAM'S RESCUE OF LOT Genesis 14:1-24 THIS chapter evidently incorporates a contemporary account of the events recorded. So antique a document was it even when it found its place in this book,...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Abram at Hebron; Lot Taken Captive Genesis 13:14-18 ; Genesis 14:1-12 Lot lifted up his eyes for himself, but when the last of Lot's followers had streamed out of the camp, God bade Abram lift...

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• Genesis 14:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In this chapter we see Lot and Abram in differing circumstances, resulting in the first case from personal choice, and in the second from the choice of God. Lot was involved in trouble through associ...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS If the history of the first battle ever fought be interesting, this chapter which relates it, must be so. But alas! what is the relation of all wars, but the relation of our fallen state. F...

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• Genesis 14:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And it came to pass, in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar ,.... Or Babylon, as Onkelos, where Nimrod began his kingdom, Genesis 10:8 . This was Nimrod himself, as the Jewish writers generally sa...

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• Genesis 14:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; Ver. 1. In the days of Amraphel, ] i.e., Nimrod, as R. Sal...

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• Genesis 14:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE WORLD'S CONFLICT We read now for the first time in scripture of war among nations of the ungodly world. Abram has no part in this. It is recorded mainly because of Lot. Four kings war against...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Lot Taken Captive. B. C. 1913.       1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shi...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  GENESIS CHAPTER 14 Several kings wage war against the king of Sodom, &c.; Lot is taken prisoner, Genesis 14:1-12 . Abram rescues him, Genesis 14:13-16 . The king of Sodom congratulates hi...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And it happened in the days of Amraphel, King of Shinar, Arioch, King of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, King of Elam and Tidal, King of Goiim, that they made war with Bera, King of Sodom, and with Birsha, K...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 14:1 . Arioch.] Probably signifies lion-like. The name re-appears in the time of Daniel, as applied to the captain of the king’s guard ( Daniel 2:14 ).— Chedorlaomer. ]...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Genesis 14:1 . Amraphel king of Shinar, the plain on which Babylon was built. The Hebrew melech, everywhere translated king, is equivalent, according to the Gothic etymon of the same word, to a...

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• Genesis 14:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  These made war The first war on record I. AS TO ITS MOTIVES. 1. Ambition. 2. Plunder. 3. The desire to recover lost sovereignty. II. AS TO THE CONDITIONS OF ITS SUCCESS. From the fa...

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• Genesis 14:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Genesis 14:1 And it came to pass. After the separation of Abram and Lot, the latter of whom now appears as a citizen of Sodom, and not merely a settler in the Jordan circle; pe...

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• Genesis 14:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of nations,

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• Genesis 14:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  A.M. 2091. B.C. 1913. Shinar. Genesis 10:10 Genesis 11:2 Isaiah 11:11 Daniel 1:2 Zechariah 5:11 Ellasar. Isaiah 37:12 Elam. Genesis 10:22 Isaiah 21:2 Isaiah 22:6 Jeremiah 25:25 J...

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• Genesis 14:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  We have here an account of the first war that ever we read of in scripture, in which we may observe. [1.] The parties engaged in it. The invaders were four kings; two of them no less than kings of...

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