Chedorlaomer

King of Elam, led coalition against Sodom and Gomorrah

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  • 2000 BC
    1900 BC
  • Chedorlaomer
    c. 1900 BC

Original word

  • כְּדׇרְלָעֹמֶר chedorlaomer
    H3540
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Where Chedorlaomer appears in Scripture

Genesis 14

וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אַמְרָפֶל מֶֽלֶךְ-שִׁנְעָר אַרְיוֹךְ מֶלֶךְ אֶלָּסָר כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר מֶלֶךְ עֵילָם וְתִדְעָל מֶלֶךְ גּוֹיִֽם׃
1
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;
שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה עָֽבְדוּ אֶת-כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר וּשְׁלֹשׁ-עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה מָרָֽדוּ׃
4
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
וּבְאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בָּא כְדָרְלָעֹמֶר וְהַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ וַיַּכּוּ אֶת-רְפָאִים בְּעַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם וְאֶת-הַזּוּזִים בְּהָם וְאֵת הָֽאֵימִים בְּשָׁוֵה קִרְיָתָֽיִם׃
5
And 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,
אֵת כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר מֶלֶךְ עֵילָם וְתִדְעָל מֶלֶךְ גּוֹיִם וְאַמְרָפֶל מֶלֶךְ שִׁנְעָר וְאַרְיוֹךְ מֶלֶךְ אֶלָּסָר אַרְבָּעָה מְלָכִים אֶת-הַֽחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃
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.
וַיֵּצֵא מֶֽלֶךְ-סְדֹם לִקְרָאתוֹ אַֽחֲרֵי שׁוּבוֹ מֵֽהַכּוֹת אֶת-כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר וְאֶת-הַמְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ אֶל-עֵמֶק שָׁוֵה הוּא עֵמֶק הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
17
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.