With 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.
9. four kings against the five ] After Gen 14:8 we should expect the “five kings against the four.” Notice the impressive repetition of the names of the kings, and the variation in the order of the names or the eastern kings, Chedorlaomer coming first, as the over-lord against whom the rebellion had been made.
The description of the battle itself has most unfortunately not been preserved.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
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 versions, and some others.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
9. Four kings with five And the four, flushed with many victories and grown fierce by war, conquered the five . What were the weapons and what the modes of warfare used by these ancient kings we have no means of knowing. Their principal arms were probably the sword, the bow, and the spear.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Gen 14:9 With 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.
Ver. 9. Four kings with five. ] These five were but free princes of cities, petty kings, such as we had here of old in this island; which is therefore said, by Jerome, to be tyrannorum fertilis , fertile of tyrants.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
four kings with five. See the No. 9, the number of Judgment. See App-10.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
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