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The Battle of the Vale of Siddim, also often called the War of Nine Kings or the Slaughter of Chedorlaomer, is an event in the Hebrew Bible book of Genesis 14:1–17 that occurs in the days of Abram and Lot. The Vale of Siddim was the battleground for the cities of the Jordan River plain revolting against Mesopotamian rule.
Genesis 14:1 lists four names: "It was in the time of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedor-Laomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of the Goiim." Following the discovery of documents written in the Elamite language and Babylonian language, it was thought that Chedorlaomer is a transliteration of the Elamite name Kudur-Lagamar.
Hobah is mentioned in the aftermath of the Battle of Siddim in the Book of Genesis, when Abraham (then Abram) rescued his nephew Lot, from those who pillaged Sodom and Gomorrah. The biblical account relates that he pursued Lot's captors, the defeated army of Chedorlaomer, as far north as Hobah. [2]
In the Old Testament, Tidal (Hebrew: תִּדְעָל, Modern: Tīdʿal, Tiberian: Tīḏʿāl) is a king of Goyim.In the Book of Genesis (14:1), he is described as one of the four kings who fought Abraham in the Battle of Siddim.
In the Battle of the Vale of Siddim, the combined imperial forces plunder Sodom and nearby cities, taking many people captive and also much plunder. Bera and the king of Gomorrah, Birsha, flee the battle and fall into one of Siddim's many tarpits while other survivors escape into the mountains (14:10).
Illustration from the Jewish Encyclopedia, Showing Ḫammurabi on one of his steles as Amraphel. In the Hebrew Bible, Amraphel / ˈ æ m r ə ˌ f ɛ l / (Hebrew: אַמְרָפֶל, romanized: ’Amrāp̄el; Greek: Ἀμαρφάλ, romanized: Amarphál; Latin: Amraphel) was a king of Shinar (Hebrew for Sumer) in Book of Genesis Chapter 14, [1] who invaded Canaan along with other kings under ...
Timnath or Timnah was a Philistine city in Canaan that is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Judges 14 and in connection with Samson.Modern archaeologists identify the ancient site with a tell lying on a flat, alluvial plain, located in the Sorek Valley ca. 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-west of Beit Shemesh, near moshav Tal Shahar in Israel, known in Hebrew as Tel Batash (תל בטש) or Teluliot ...
The narrator uses Lot's choice of land near Sodom as a way of foreshadowing Lot's role in the Battle of Siddim, in which Lot is taken captive in battle, and the role of Lot in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. [5] Lot pitches his tents near Sodom according to Genesis 13:12. By 14:12, Lot is living in the city itself.