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Genesis 14:1–4

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AND it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
That these 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, which is Zoar.
All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
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From verse 1

  1. Genesis 10:10Rank 1 from verse 1
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    10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

  2. Genesis 10:22Rank 2 from verse 1
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    22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

  3. Genesis 11:2Rank 3 from verse 1
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    2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

  4. Isaiah 37:12Rank 4 from verse 1
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    12Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?

  5. Isaiah 11:11Rank 5 from verse 1
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    11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

  6. Daniel 1:2Rank 6 from verse 1
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    2And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

  7. Ezekiel 32:24Rank 7 from verse 1
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    24There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

  8. Isaiah 21:2Rank 8 from verse 1
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    2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

  9. Isaiah 22:6Rank 9 from verse 1
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    6And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

  10. Jeremiah 25:25Rank 10 from verse 1
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    25And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

  11. Jeremiah 49:34–39Rank 11 from verse 1
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    34¶ The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

    35Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

    36And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

    37For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

    38And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord.

    39¶ But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord.

  12. Zechariah 5:11Rank 12 from verse 1
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    11And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

From verse 2

  1. Genesis 13:10Rank 1 from verse 2
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    10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

  2. Deuteronomy 29:23Rank 2 from verse 2
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    23And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

  3. Genesis 10:19Rank 3 from verse 2
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    19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

  4. Hosea 11:8Rank 4 from verse 2
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    8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

  5. Isaiah 1:9–10Rank 5 from verse 2
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    9Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

    10¶ Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

  6. 1 Samuel 13:18Rank 6 from verse 2
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    18And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

  7. Deuteronomy 34:3Rank 7 from verse 2
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    3And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.

  8. Genesis 19:20–30Rank 8 from verse 2
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    20Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

    21And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

    22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

    23¶ The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

    24Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;

    25And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

    26¶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

    27¶ And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:

    28And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

    29¶ And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

    30¶ And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

  9. Isaiah 15:5Rank 9 from verse 2
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    5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

  10. Nehemiah 11:34Rank 10 from verse 2
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    34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

  11. Jeremiah 48:34Rank 11 from verse 2
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    34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.

From verse 3

  1. Deuteronomy 3:17Rank 1 from verse 3
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    17The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.

  2. Joshua 3:16Rank 2 from verse 3
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    16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

  3. Numbers 34:12Rank 3 from verse 3
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    12And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

  4. Genesis 19:24Rank 4 from verse 3
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    24Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;

  5. Psalms 107:34Rank 5 from verse 3
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    34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

From verse 4

  1. Ezekiel 17:15Rank 1 from verse 4
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    15But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

  2. Genesis 9:25–26Rank 2 from verse 4
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    25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

    26And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

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Genesis 14:1

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pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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nations

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Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.

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Genesis 14:2

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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war

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Sense 1: Armed conflict. Sense 2: As a verb, to fight or contend.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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Sodom

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The city of Sodom near the Dead Sea, destroyed in the judgment recorded in Genesis.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 14:3

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joined

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Connected, fastened, united, associated, attached, adjoining, or brought together.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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vale

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A tract of low ground, especially land between hills; a valley.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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sea

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1. A great body or expanse of gathered waters, including a named sea or lake, in which ships and creatures move. 2. The large brazen or molten basin made for the temple and called a sea. 3. Something represented or compared as a sea.

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Genesis 14:4

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served

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of serve, meaning to work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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rebelled

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Refused obedience, resisted authority, revolted, withdrew allegiance, or turned against the Lord, his words, or an appointed ruler.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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14:1AND it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

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14:2That these 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, which is Zoar.

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14:3All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

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14:4Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

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14:5And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

14:6And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

14:7And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

14:8And 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 joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

14:9With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.

14:10And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

14:11And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

14:12And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

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