Verse 15
15. Divided himself against them Abram was the leader and commander in the war, and the forces of his confederates, as well as his own servants, were at his disposal . This dividing up into several squads and attacking the enemy from different quarters, and by night, explains how Abram’s company might, without any miraculous help from God, put to flight the combined armies of four Asiatic kings . Compare the similar strategy of Gideon . Judges 7:15-23.
Hobah Perhaps at the modern Burzeh, three miles north of Damascus, where there is a tomb called the “praying place of Abraham,” and marking, according to local tradition, the place where Abram gave thanks to God after this victory over the kings. It was on the left hand of Damascus, that is, to one facing the east.
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