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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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 14:13-16

We have here an account of the only military action we ever find Abram engaged in, and this he was prompted to, not by his avarice or ambition, but purely by a principle of charity; it was not to enrich himself, but to help his friend. Never was any military expedition undertaken, prosecuted, and finished, more honourably than this of Abram?s. Here we have, I. The tidings brought him of his kinsman's distress. Providence so ordered it that he now sojourned not far off, that he might be a very... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 14:17-20

This paragraph begins with the mention of the respect which the king of Sodom paid to Abram at his return from the slaughter of the kings; but, before a particular account is given of this, the story of Melchizedek is briefly related, concerning whom observe, I. Who he was. He was king of Salem and priest of the most high God; and other glorious things are said of him, Heb. 7:1-10 1. The rabbin, and most of our rabbinical writers, conclude that Melchizedek was Shem the son of Noah, who was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:8

And there went out the king of Sodom ,.... With his armed men to meet the four kings, and give them battle, being so near him, and in so much danger from them, that if they could not stand their ground, they might flee to the mountains, and not perish in the city: and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the King of Zeboiim ; whose names are before given, Genesis 14:2 , and the king of Bela, the same is Zoar : as in Genesis 14:2 , and they joined battle with them... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:9

With Chedorlaomer king of Elam ,.... Who is here mentioned first, being the principal in the war, and against whom the kings of Sodom, &c.; had rebelled: and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar ; who were his allies, confederates, and auxiliaries: four kings with five ; those four last mentioned, with the other five before spoken of, that is, they fought with them; or rather four kings against five, as the Vulgate Latin and Tigurine... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:10

And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits ,.... Or "wells" or "fountains of slime" or bitumen F19 בארת בארת המר "putei, putei bituminis", Vatablus, Piscator, Cartwright, Drusius, Schmidt; so Jarchi. ; a liquid of a pitchy nature, cast out of fountains, and which was used for a cement in buildings; such fountains were near Babylon; see Gill on Genesis 11:3 ; so that this place was naturally prepared for what it was designed to be, a bituminous lake; and hence, when turned... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:11

And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah ,.... They entered these cities and pillaged them, and carried off everything valuable in them, that was portable or could be driven, as their cattle, &c.; they did not burn these cities, nor take possession of them, and leave garrisons in them, which shows them to be petty princes that came for plunder, and to get an equivalent for nonpayment of tribute to one of them: and all their victuals, and went away ; all the meat and drink... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:12

And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son ,.... The son of Haran, his elder brother, who was now, as the Jews say F24 Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 77. 1. , fifty years of age: who dwelt in Sodom , or near it, in the country adjacent to it, see Genesis 13:12 ; and so being a neighbour of the men of Sodom, and a sojourner among them, he partakes of their punishment; and this was a just correction of him for choosing to dwell among such a people: and they took his goods, and departed... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:13

And there came one that escaped ,.... Both the sword of the enemy and the slimepits; either one of the inhabitants of Sodom, who had an acquaintance with Lot and a friendship for him, and knew his relation to Abram; or one of Lot's family, that might escape being taken and carried captive: for not Michael the prince, so called, because when the angels fell they would have drawn him with them, but God delivered him, and therefore his name was called פליט , or "one that escaped", as the Jews... read more

John Gill

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

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive ,.... That is, his brother's son Lot, as in Genesis 14:12 ; which was contrary to the law of nations; since Lot was only a sojourner, and not an inhabitant n Sodom, and therefore had no concern in the quarrel between the kings, and this justified Abram's taking up arms on his behalf: he armed his trained servants ; such as were trained up by him in religious exercises, see Genesis 18:19 ; in the affairs and business of civil... read more

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 14:13-16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 14:17-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 14:13

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

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