Genesis 14:1

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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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Abram Rescues Lot 1. אמרפל 'amrāpel , Amraphel; related: unknown. אלריוך 'aryôk , Ariok, “leonine?” related: ארי 'arı̂y , “a lion:”...
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...
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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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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...
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: firs...
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...
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 fol...
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;...
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 ide...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Battle of the Kings, and the Capture and Rescue of Lot Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, had subdued the Canaanites of the Jordan valley some years...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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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...
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...
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...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. The Reader is desired to recollect, that the Sodomites were the des...
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...
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....
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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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 mad...
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...
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, acco...
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....
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,...
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 10:2...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹ 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;

Related Commentaries of Genesis 14:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Genesis 14:1