KJV King James Version
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,
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Genesis 14:5
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,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
WEB World English Bible
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,
ASV American Standard Version
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings who are with him, and they smite the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
Surrounding context — Genesis 14
2 [That these] made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
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,
6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which [is] by the wilderness.
7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same [is] Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
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וּבְאַרְבַּע֩H702 · ar.bafourעֶשְׂרֵ֨הH6240 · a.sartenשָׁנָ֜הH8141 · sha.nehyearבָּ֣אH935 · boto come (in): comeכְדָרְלָעֹ֗מֶרH3540 · ke.dor.la.o.merChedorlaomerוְהַמְּלָכִים֙H4428 · me.lekhkingאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichאִתּ֔וֹH854 · etwithוַיַּכּ֤וּH5221 · na.khahto smiteאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]רְפָאִים֙H7497 · ra.pahRaphaבְּעַשְׁתְּרֹ֣תH6255 · ash.te.rot qar.na.yimAshteroth-karnaimקַרְנַ֔יִםH6255 · ash.te.rot qar.na.yimAshteroth-karnaimוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַזּוּזִ֖יםH2104 · zu.zimZuzimבְּהָ֑םH1990 · hamHamוְאֵת֙H853 · et[Obj.]הָֽאֵימִ֔יםH368 · e.mimEmimבְּשָׁוֵ֖הH7740 · sha.vehShavehקִרְיָתָֽיִם׃H7156 · qir.ya.ta.yimKiriathaim
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 1:4After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:Deuteronomy 2:10-11The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;Genesis 15:20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,Deuteronomy 3:11For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits [was] the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.Deuteronomy 3:22Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.2 Samuel 23:13And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.1 Chronicles 4:40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land [was] wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for [they] of Ham had dwelt there of old.Joshua 12:4And the coast of Og king of Bashan, [which was] of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,1 Chronicles 14:9And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.Psalm 105:23Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.2 Samuel 5:22And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.Psalm 105:27They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.Deuteronomy 2:20-23(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;Psalm 78:51And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of [their] strength in the tabernacles of Ham:Deuteronomy 3:20Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and [until] they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and [then] shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.Isaiah 17:5And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.1 Chronicles 11:15Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.Jeremiah 48:23And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon,
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