Genesis 14:9

With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.

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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:”...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 12:1 to Genesis 25:18 . The Story of Abraham. In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reaso...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Battle of the Four Kings against Five, and the Capture of Lot. At last the victors over so many peoples attack the confederacy of five kings. I...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

four kings with five. See the No. 9, the number of Judgment. See App-10.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five...
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...
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

And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Ane...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

With Chedorlaomer king of Elam ,.... Who is here mentioned first, being the principal in the war, and against whom the kings of Sodom, c. had rebell...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five....
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 recor...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Lot Taken Captive. B. C. 1913. 1 And i...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And there went out the King of Sodom and the King of Gomorrah, and the King of Admah and the king of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, (the same is Zoa...
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,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Capture of Lot
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

with Chedorlaomer, the king of Elam, and with Tidal, king of nations, and Amraphel, king of Shinar, and Arioch, king of Ellasar; four kings with five...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

See Genesis 14:1
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Abram Delivers Lot Genesis 14:8-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Let us bring before you the opening verses of Genesis fourteen. We have before us a st...

⁹ With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 14:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

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

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 14:9