Genesis 14:1-5
1 The battle of four kings against the king of Sodom and his allies.12 Lot is taken prisoner.14 Abram rescues him.17 Melchizedek blesses Abram at his return, who gives him tithes.21 The rest of the spoil, his partners having had their portions he restores to the king of Sodom. A.M. 2091. B.C. 1913.Shinar.10:10; 11:2; Isa 11:11; Da 1:2; Zec 5:11Ellasar.Isa 37:12Elam.10:22; Isa 21:2; 22:6; Jer 25:25; 49:34-39; Eze 32:24 Sodom.10:19; 13:10; 19:24; Isa 1:9,10Admah.De 29:23; Ho 11:8Zeboiim.1Sa 13:18; Ne 11:34Zoar.19:20-30; De 34:3; Isa 15:5; Jer 48:34 salt sea.19:24; Nu 34:12; De 3:17; Jos 3:16; Ps 107:34; *marg: they served.9:25,26they rebelled.Eze 17:15 Rephaims.15:20; De 3:11,20,22; 2Sa 5:18,22; 23:13; 1Ch 11:15; 14:9; Isa 17:5Ashteroth.The same as Ashteroth, a city of Bashan, where Og afterwards reigned. De 1:4; Jos 12:4; 13:12,31Zuzims.De 2:20-23; 1Ch 4:40; Ps 78:51; 105:23,27; 106:22Emims.De 2:10,11Shaveh Kiriathaim. or, the plains of Kiriathaim;Kiriathaim was beyond Jordan, 10 miles west-ward from Medeba, and afterwards belonged to Sihon, king of Heshbon. Jos 13:19; Jer 48:1,23Joshua 11:10
Hazor.1; Jud 4:2Judges 1:7
their thumbs. Heb. the thumbs of their hands and of theirfeet. This was not an unusual act of cruelty in ancient times towards enemies.--Ælian informs us, that in after ages "the Athenians, at the instigation of Cleon, son of Cleoenetus, made a decree that all the inhabitants of the island of Ægina should have the thumb cut off from the right hand, so that they might ever after be disabled from holding a spear, yet might handle an oar." It was a custom among those Romans who did not like a military life, to cut off their thumbs, that they might be incapable of serving in the army; and for the same reason, parents sometimes cut off the thumbs of their children. gathered. or, gleaned. as I have.Ex 21:23-25; Le 24:19-21; 1Sa 15:33; Isa 33:1; Mt 7:1,2Lu 6:37,38; Ro 2:15; Jas 2:13; Re 13:10; 16:61 Kings 20:1
1 Ben-hadad, not content with Ahab's homage, besieges Samaria.13 By the direction of a prophet, the Syrians are slain.22 As the prophet forewarned Ahab, the Syrians, trusting in the valleys, come against him in Aphek.28 By the word of the prophet, and God's judgment, the Syrians are smitten again.31 The Syrians submitting themselves, Ahab sends Ben-hadad away with a covenant.35 The prophet, under the parable of a prisoner, making Ahab judge himself, denounces God's judgment against him. A.M. 3103. B.C. 901. Ben-hadad.15:18,20; 2Ki 8:7-10; 2Ch 16:2-4; Jer 49:27; Am 1:4Thirty and two.16,24; Ge 14:1-5; Jud 1:7; Ezr 7:12; Isa 10:8; Eze 26:7; Da 2:37and horses.Ex 14:7; De 20:1; Jud 4:3; 1Sa 13:5; Isa 37:24besieged.Le 26:25; De 28:52; 2Ki 6:24-29; 17:5,6Daniel 2:37
a king.1Ki 4:24; Ezr 7:12; Isa 10:8; 47:5; Jer 27:6,7; Eze 26:7; Ho 8:10Re 1:5; 17:14the God.4:25,32; 5:18; 2Ch 36:23; Ezr 1:2; Pr 8:15; Jer 28:14; Re 19:16power.4:3,34; Ps 62:11; Mt 6:13; Joh 19:11; Re 4:11; 5:12
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