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Chedorlaomer

A person of the age of the patriarchs, first named at Genesis 14:1.

Lived: the Patriarchs

Where in scripture

Genesis

In the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,

Genesis 14:1

They served Chedorlaomer for twelve years, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled.

Genesis 14:4

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,

Genesis 14:5

against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.

Genesis 14:9

The king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).

Genesis 14:17

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

Genesis 14:1Genesis 14:4Genesis 14:5Genesis 14:9Genesis 14:17