GUILTY OR BLESSED BY
ASSOCIATION?!
GENESIS 14: 1 - 16
KINGS AGAINST KINGS!
4 Kings
•Amraphel King of Shinar
•Arioch King of Ellasar
•Kedorlaomer King of Elam
•Tidal King of Goyim
5 Kings
•Bera King of Sodom
•Birsha King of Gomorrah
•Shinab King of Admah
•Shemeber King of Zeboyim
•Name? King of Bela/Zoar
Against
BATTLE LINES SET!
BACKGROUND TO THE WAR…
•14: 4 = The 5 Kings group were slaves of Kedorlaomer
for 12 years – “Done”! They rebelled – for
independence. Remember the towns were: Sodom,
Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboyim, and Bela/Zoar
•Battle line determined for the Valley of Shiddim
THE 4 KINGS GROUP:
•Shinar (Ancient Babylon & current Iraq) = Name means “birthplace of
confusion” (former Eden?)-people were called Babylonians or Chaldeans…
•Named in several places in the Bible:
•Joshua 7: 20 & 21 = Achar stole & hid the garment from Shinar’s king
•Zech 5: 5 –11 = the basket of wickedness sent to Shinar and placed in
a “house” of pagan worship – mentioned in Rev 17 & 18 as the
possession of the Antichrist - until Jesus destroys all wickedness and
Shinar itself
•Isaiah 11: 10 & 11 = “the root of Jesse (Jesus) shall stand as a banner
for the people…gentiles shall seek Him…He will extend His hand to
recover the remnant – His people”
•Rev 17 = Woman of Shinar, mother of harlots and of the abominations
of the earth; drunk with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus…”
OTHER INTERESTING CITY/KINGDOM NAMES…
•Ellasar (tasar) = center of learning –related to the center of the sun god
worship
•Goyim = “subhuman” “below human value” – where word “gentiles”
comes from
•Sodom and Gomorrah = identified as horrifically evil, known for sexual
immorality, unnatural lust, and abominable things…
•Shinar
•Ellasar
•Goyim
•Note: Amorites
•V10 –12 The 4 Kings defeat the 5 Kings, the Valley of Siddim was full of
tar pits and many of the Sodom & Gomorrah armies fell into these pits,
and the 4 Kings carried captive Lot, his family, and all of his possesions
•V13 -15 A man escaped and informed Abram that Lot had been
captured; he was living in Hebron (Amorite country) –the Amorites
aliened themselves with Abram. Abram picked “318 trained men from
his household”, and defeated the 5 Kings’ army in the Dan territory.
•V16 Abram “recovered all the goods and brought back his relative Lot
and Lot’s possessions, together with all the women and the other
people.” (Lot and family returned to live in Sodom – Gen 19)
TAKE A LOOK…
•“Gentiles” come from “human with no value”
•Shinar (Ancient Babylon & current Iraq) = Name means “birthplace of
confusion” (former Eden?)…Rev 17-18 Jesus is victorious –conquers sin
and confusion (I Cor 14:33 –God is NOT the author of confusion)
•Guilty because of association/relation –Lot with Sodom was taken
captive
•Blessed because of association/relationship – Abram’s relationship with
God gave him the victory (with only 318 men)
•Check our association/relationship with the Shinar around us…