Genesis 14:1-8

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[1] It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim, [2] that they made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar). [3] All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea). [4] Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled. [5] In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, [6] and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness. [7] They returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar. [8] There went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim;

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The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

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Genesis 14:1-8 mentions Ashteroth-karnaim, Damascus, Dan, Elam, El-paran, Ham, Kadesh-barnea, Mount Seir, Salem, Salt Sea, Shaveh-kiriathaim, Shinar, Valley of Shaveh, Valley of Siddim and Zeboiim.

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