Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Genesis:
Chapter 14
1. AND it
came to pass in the days of Am-ra-phel king of Shi-nar, Ar-i-och king of
El-la-sar, Ched-or-la-o-mer king of Elam, and Tidal king of
nations;
2. That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of
Go-mor-rah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shem-e-ber king of Ze-boi-im, and
the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
3. All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the
salt sea.
4. Twelve years they served Ched-or-la-o-mer, and in the thirteenth year
they rebelled.
5. And in the fourteenth year came Ched-or-la-o-mer, and the kings that
were with him, and smote the Reph-a-ims in Ash-te-roth Kar-na-im, and
the Zu-zims in Ham, and the E-mims in Sha-veh Kir-i-a-tha-im,
6. And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-par-an, which is by the
wilderness.
7. And they returned, and came to En-mispat, which is Kadesh, and smote
all the country of the A-mal-ek-ites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt
in Haz-e-zon-ta-mar.
8. And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Go-mor-rah, and
the king of Admah, and the king of Ze-boi-im, and the king of Bela (the
same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
9. With Ched-or-la-o-mer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of
nations, and Am-ra-phel king of Shi-nar, Ar-i-och king of El-la-sar;
four kings with five.
10. And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom
and Go-mor-rah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the
mountain.
11. And they took all the goods of Sodom and Go-mor-rah, and all their
victuals, and went their way.
12. And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and
his goods, and departed.
13. 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 A-ner: and these were confederate with Abram.
14. And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed
his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen,
and pursued them unto Dan.
15. And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night,
and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand
of Damascus.
16. And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his
brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people
17. And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return
from the slaughter of Ched-or-la-o-mer, and of the kings that were with
him, at the valley of Sha-veh, which is the king's dale.
18. And Mel-chiz-ed-ek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and
he was the priest of the most high God.
19. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God,
possessor of heaven and earth:
20. And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies
into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
21. And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take
the goods to thyself.
22. And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto
the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
23. That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I
will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have
made Abram rich:
24. Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of
the men which went with me, A-ner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take
their portion.
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