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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 14:1-12

We have here an account of the first war that ever we read of in scripture, which (though the wars of the nations make the greatest figure in history) we should not have had the history of if Abram and Lot had not been concerned in it. Now, concerning this war, we may observe, I. The parties engaged in it. The invaders were four kings, two of them no less than kings of Shinar and Elam (that is, Chaldea and Persia), yet probably not the sovereign princes of those great kingdoms in their own... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:2

That these made war with Bera king of Sodom ,.... A city in the plain of Jordan, which with the four following made the Pentapolis, or five cities of the plain. Strabo F25 Geograph. l. 16. p. 526. says, in this place formerly were thirteen cities, the metropolis of which was Sodom, and which yet had remaining a compass of sixty furlongs; according to Dr. Lightfoot F26 Works, vol. 2. p. 6. Vid. Reland. Palestina illustrata, tom. 2. p. 1020. , it should be placed in the southern... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:3

All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim ,.... Or "of fields", or "ploughed lands" F2 אל עמק השדים "valle amaenissimorum agrorum", Munster; "in planitie agrorum", Fagius; so Jarchi; "in valle occationum", Hiller. Onomastic. Sacr. p. 937. "dicta ab agris occatis", Schmidt. , a fruitful vale abounding with corn; or of gardens or paradises, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem, being full of gardens and orchards, and was as the garden of the Lord, even as Eden, see ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:4

Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer ,.... King of Elam, who was of the race of Shem, and so the prophecy of Noah began to be fulfilled, that Canaan should be servant to Shem, Genesis 9:26 ; for the kings of Sodom, &c.; and their subjects, were of the race of Ham in the line of Canaan, who had by violence seized on that part of the earth which was allotted to the sons of Shem, and therefore Chedorlaomer being a descendant of his claimed his right, and made them tributary to him, which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:5

And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer ,.... Not in the fourteenth year of their rebellion against him, as Jarchi, but from their becoming vassals to him: and the kings that were with him ; those kings before mentioned: and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim ; which were in their way to Sodom, &c.; and very probably were confederates with the five kings; the Targum, and so the Septuagint, render the word "giants", as it is in Deuteronomy 2:11 ; but they were one of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:6

And the Horites in their Mount Seir ,.... Or the Horim who dwelt in Mount Seir, so called from Seir the Horite, who continued here till they were drove out by the sons of Esau or Edom, from whom their country was afterwards called Edom or Idumea, see Genesis 36:20 Deuteronomy 2:12 , unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness ; so far these Horites inhabited, and the four kings smote all they met with unto this place, which was either the plain or oak of Paran, near a wilderness of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:7

And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh ,.... Pursuing their victories as far as Elparan by the wilderness, they had passed by the country of the Amalekites; wherefore they "returned", or came back to fall upon them, and they came to a place called Enmishpat, or the "fountain of judgment"; which was not its future name, as Jarchi thinks, because there Moses and Aaron were to be judged concerning the business of that fountain, even the waters of Meribah, with which agrees... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:2

These made war with Bera, etc. - It appears, from Genesis 14:4 , that these five Canaanitish kings had been subdued by Chedorlaomer, and were obliged to pay him tribute; and that, having been enslaved by him twelve years, wishing to recover their liberty, they revolted in the thirteenth; in consequence of which Chedorlaomer, the following year, summoned to his assistance three of his vassals, invaded Canaan, fought with and discomfited the kings of the Pentapolis or five cities - Sodom,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:5

Rephaims - A people of Canaan: Genesis 15:20 . Ashteroth - A city of Basan, where Og afterwards reigned; Joshua 13:31 . Zuzims - Nowhere else spoken of, unless they were the same with the Zamzummims, Deuteronomy 2:20 , as some imagine. Emims - A people great and many in the days of Moses, and tall as the Anakim. They dwelt among the Moabites, by whom they were reputed giants; Deuteronomy 2:10 , Deuteronomy 2:11 . Shaveh Kiriathaim - Rather, as the margin, the plain... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:6

The Horites - A people that dwelt in Mount Seir, till Esau and his sons drove them thence; Deuteronomy 2:22 . El-paran - The plain or oak of Paran, which was a city in the wilderness of Paran; Genesis 21:21 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 14:1-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 14:6

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