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Genesis 14:17

in Genesis 14

After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh (the same is the King’s Vale).

KJV

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.

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This verse in Genesis 14

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The king of Sodom went out to meet him - This could not have been Bera, mentioned Gen 14:2, for it seems pretty evident, from Gen 14:10, that both he and Birsha, king of Gomorrah, were slain at the bitumen-pits in the vale of Siddim; but another person in the meantime might have succeeded to the government.

This site's exposition

He retrieved all the goods

on Genesis 14:16-17

Abram brings back everything, the women among them. Two kings come out to meet him there, in the Valley of Shaveh, the King's Valley, one from Sodom to bargain over the spoil and one from Salem, the city Psalm 76:2 sets beside Zion. Melchizedek reaches him first.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

John Chrysostom

HOMILIES ON GENESIS 35.15 · Written in the 5th century.

proposed

Do you see here in every event the just man being conspicuous and demonstrating to everyone on every occasion God's providence in his regard? Now you see him also zealous to prove a teacher of reverence for God to the Sodomites. "The king of Sodom," Scripture says, remember, "came out to meet him on his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings with him." Notice the extent of his virtue and his enjoyment of assistance from God. The king comes out to meet this stranger, advanced in years, and shows high regard for him. He had learned, you see, that the advantage of kingship is as nothing to the person who lacks assistance from on high and that nothing could be more efficacious than God's hand raised to assist.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the king of Sodom went out to meet him,....

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֵּצֵ֣אand he went out

    vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • סְדֹם֮Sodom

    sedomH5467 →39 times

  • לִקְרָאתוֹ֒to meet him

    likratoH7122 →139 times

  • אַחֲרֵ֣יafter

    ʾachareiH310 →715 times

  • שׁוּב֗וֹreturned he

    shuvoH7725 →1056 times

  • מֵֽהַכּוֹת֙from defeating

    mehakotH5221 →499 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כְּדָרְ־לָעֹ֔מֶרKedor-laomer

    kedor-laֹomerH3540 →5 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַמְּלָכִ֖יםthe kings

    hamelakhimH4428 →2525 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • אִתּ֑וֹ[were] with him

    ʾitoH854 →929 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • עֵ֣מֶק[the] valley of

    ʾemekH6010 →69 times

  • שָׁוֵ֔הShaveh

    shavehH7740 →

  • ה֖וּאthat

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • עֵ֥מֶק[is] [the] valley of

    ʾemekH6010 →69 times

  • הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Samuel 18:18During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.4 worksExodus 18:7So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.3 worksHebrews 7:1This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,2 worksProverbs 19:4Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.2 worksNumbers 22:36When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.2 worksNumbers 31:13And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Judges 11:34And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.1 works1 Samuel 18:6As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.1 worksProverbs 14:20The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Hebrews 7:1

    This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

    it leads to

    • Genesis 14:18–20

      Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—

    • Psalms 57:2

      I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.

    • Hebrews 6:20

      where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

    • Micah 6:6

      With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

    • Psalms 78:35

      And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 18:6

    As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 15:20

      Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Proverbs 19:4

    Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 14:20

      The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

    • Proverbs 19:6–7

      Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Creation of Light, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Creation of Light, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 35.15; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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