Genesis 14

In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, these kings made war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). All these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim, which is the Salt Sea. For twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El-paran at the edge of the wilderness. They turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and conquered all the territory of the Amalekites and the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar. Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and drew up for battle in the Valley of Siddim against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five. Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits. The kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell there, while the rest fled to the hills. The invaders took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and went away. They also took Lot, Abram’s nephew, and his goods, and went away; Lot was living in Sodom. One who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew. Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and the brother of Aner. They were bound to Abram by covenant. When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he mustered his trained men, born in his household, 318 of them, and pursued them as far as Dan. By night he and his servants divided into groups against them, defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people. After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was a priest of God Most High. He blessed Abram and said,
“Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
And Abram gave him a tenth of everything. The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, and take the goods for yourself.” Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, that I will not take so much as a thread or a sandal strap or anything that belongs to you, so that you will not say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’ Nothing for me, except what the young men have eaten and the share of the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their share.”

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