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Chedorlaomer
Chedorlaomer, also spelled Kedorlaomer, is a king of Elam mentioned in Genesis 14 in the Hebrew Bible, which contains an account of the Battle of Siddim. Genesis portrays him as allied with three other kings, campaigning against five Canaanite city-states in response to an uprising during the lifetime of Abraham.
The name Chedorlaomer is associated with familiar Elamite components, such as kudur, "servant", and Lagamal, an important goddess in the Elamite pantheon. The Jewish Encyclopedia states that, apart from the fact that Chedorlaomer can be identified as a proper Elamite compound, all else is matter of controversy and "the records give only the rather negative result that from Babylonian and Elamite documents nothing definite has been learned of Chedorlaomer".
After twelve years under Elamite rule, in the thirteenth year, the Cities of the Plain (Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboim, and Zoara) rebelled against Chedorlaomer. To put down the rebellion, he called upon three other allies from Shinar, Ellasar, and King Tidal's "nations" regions (Genesis 14:9).
The following allies fought as allies of Chedorlaomer in the fourteenth year of his rule.
Chedorlaomer's campaigns aimed to show Elam's might to all territories under Elamite authority. His armies and allies plundered tribes and cities for their provisions, who were en route to the revolting cities of the Jordan plain.
According to Genesis 14:8–10, these are the cities plundered by Elam:
After warring against the cities of the plain at the Battle of Siddim, Chedorlaomer went to Sodom and Gomorrah to collect bounty. At Sodom, among the spoils of war, he took Lot and his entire household captive. When Lot's uncle Abraham received news of what happened, he assembled a battle unit of 318 men who pursued the Elamite forces north of Damascus to Hobah. Abraham and one of his divisions then proceeded to defeat Chedorlaomer. (Genesis 14:11–17)
While the King James Version verse 17 translated the Hebrew word in question as וַיַּכֵּם as slaughtered (Genesis 14:17), Robert Young's Literal Translation (1862) uses the term smiting.
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Chedorlaomer
Chedorlaomer, also spelled Kedorlaomer, is a king of Elam mentioned in Genesis 14 in the Hebrew Bible, which contains an account of the Battle of Siddim. Genesis portrays him as allied with three other kings, campaigning against five Canaanite city-states in response to an uprising during the lifetime of Abraham.
The name Chedorlaomer is associated with familiar Elamite components, such as kudur, "servant", and Lagamal, an important goddess in the Elamite pantheon. The Jewish Encyclopedia states that, apart from the fact that Chedorlaomer can be identified as a proper Elamite compound, all else is matter of controversy and "the records give only the rather negative result that from Babylonian and Elamite documents nothing definite has been learned of Chedorlaomer".
After twelve years under Elamite rule, in the thirteenth year, the Cities of the Plain (Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboim, and Zoara) rebelled against Chedorlaomer. To put down the rebellion, he called upon three other allies from Shinar, Ellasar, and King Tidal's "nations" regions (Genesis 14:9).
The following allies fought as allies of Chedorlaomer in the fourteenth year of his rule.
Chedorlaomer's campaigns aimed to show Elam's might to all territories under Elamite authority. His armies and allies plundered tribes and cities for their provisions, who were en route to the revolting cities of the Jordan plain.
According to Genesis 14:8–10, these are the cities plundered by Elam:
After warring against the cities of the plain at the Battle of Siddim, Chedorlaomer went to Sodom and Gomorrah to collect bounty. At Sodom, among the spoils of war, he took Lot and his entire household captive. When Lot's uncle Abraham received news of what happened, he assembled a battle unit of 318 men who pursued the Elamite forces north of Damascus to Hobah. Abraham and one of his divisions then proceeded to defeat Chedorlaomer. (Genesis 14:11–17)
While the King James Version verse 17 translated the Hebrew word in question as וַיַּכֵּם as slaughtered (Genesis 14:17), Robert Young's Literal Translation (1862) uses the term smiting.