The Battle of the Vale of Siddim, also often called the War of Nine Kings or the Slaughter of Chedorlaomer, is an event in the Hebrew Bible book of Genesis...
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The Battle of Jericho, as described in the Biblical Book of Joshua, was the first battle fought by the Israelites in the course of the conquest of Canaan...
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War in the Hebrew Bible (redirect from List of Hebrew Bible battles)
the days of Lot, the vale of Siddim was a river valley where the Battle of Siddim occurred between four Mesopotamian armies and five cities of the Jordan...
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Arioch (redirect from King Arioch of Ellasar)
appears in Genesis 14 as the name of the King of Ellassr (Hebrew: אֶלָּסָר) who participated in the Battle of Siddim. Led by Chedorlaomer, the four kings...
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Sodom and Gomorrah (redirect from The last days of sodom and gomorrah)
they were subject. At the Battle of Siddim, Chedorlaomer defeats them and takes many captives, including Lot, the nephew of the Hebrew patriarch Abraham...
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choice of land near Sodom as a way of foreshadowing Lot's role in the Battle of Siddim, in which Lot is taken captive in battle, and the role of Lot in...
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Aner (category Book of Genesis people)
that the city of "Aner" is the same as biblical Taanach. Mamre Eshcol Battle of Siddim Chedorlaomer This article incorporates text from a publication now...
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Goliath (redirect from Battle of the Valley of Elah)
hears the challenge, and expresses his desire to accept; Details of the account of the battle; Saul asks who David is, and he is introduced to the king through...
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The Battle of Refidim (or Rephidim), as described in the Bible, took place between the Israelites and the Amalekites, which occurred in Rephidim while...
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Levite's concubine (redirect from Battle of Gibeah)
guilty parties, the rest of the tribes marched on Gibeah. On the first day of battle the confederated Israelite tribes suffered heavy losses. On the second...
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Chedorlaomer (redirect from King Chedorlaomer of Elam)
the cities of the plain at the Battle of Siddim, Chedorlaomer went to Sodom and Gomorrah to collect bounty. At Sodom, among the spoils of war, he took...
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Lot (biblical person) (redirect from Judeo-Christian view of Lot)
following year Chedorlaomer's four armies returned and at the Battle of Siddim the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fell in defeat. Chedorlaomer despoiled the...
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Bible, the Battle of Michmash (alternate spelling, Michmas) was fought between Israelites under Jonathan, son of King Saul and a force of Philistines...
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According to 2 Samuel, the Battle of the Wood of Ephraim was a military conflict between the rebel forces of the formerly exiled Israelite prince Absalom...
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Ai (Canaan) (redirect from Battle of Ai)
compared the Battle of Cannae to the Battle of Ai (which preceded it by about 1,000 years) according to the Malbim's interpretation of the book of Joshua,...
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north of Damascus in the Bible. It is mentioned in the aftermath of the Battle of Siddim. Although suggestions have been made for the exact location of Hobah...
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Tidal (king) (redirect from Tidal king of Goyim)
Tiberian: Tīḏʿāl) is a king of Goyim. In the Book of Genesis (14:1), he is described as one of the four kings who fought Abraham in the Battle of Siddim. Modern scholars...
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Crossing the Red Sea (redirect from Crossing of the Sea of Reeds)
taken up by the panegyrists of Constantine the Great and applied to the battle of the Milvian Bridge (312).[citation needed] The theme enjoyed a vogue during...
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The Battle of Aphek is a biblical episode described in the First Book of Samuel 4:1–10 of the Hebrew Bible. During this battle the Philistines defeated...
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vs. Eglon of Moab Deborah, directing Barak the army captain (4–5), vs. Jabin of Hazor (a city in Canaan) and Sisera, his captain (Battle of Mount Tabor)...
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Gideon (category Tribe of Manasseh)
the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to...
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The great Battle of Mount Zemaraim was reported in the Bible to have been fought in Mount Zemaraim, when the army of the Kingdom of Israel led by the...
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The Battle of Zephath, according to the Hebrew Bible (2 Chronicles 14:9–15), occurred during the period of 911-870 BCE in the reign of King Asa of Judah...
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כְּתוּבִים "Writings") of the Hebrew Bible. It is one of the Five Scrolls (Megillot) in the Hebrew Bible and later became part of the Christian Old Testament...
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Shishak (redirect from Sack of Jerusalem (10th century BC))
of the 22nd dynasty, who invaded Canaan following the Battle of Bitter Lakes. A common variant of Shoshenq's name omits its 'n' glyphs, resulting in a...
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was another battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear...
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This Battle of Megiddo is recorded as having taken place in 609 BC, when Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt led his army to Carchemish (northern Syria) to join...
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The siege of Jerusalem (c. 589–587 BC) was the final event of the Judahite revolts against Babylon, in which Nebuchadnezzar II, king of the Neo-Babylonian...
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Book of Judges (chapters 4 and 5) of the Hebrew Bible, the Battle of Mount Tabor was a military confrontation between the forces of King Jabin of Canaan...
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Golden calf (redirect from The Sin of the Calf)
incident is known as "the sin of the calf" (Hebrew: חֵטְא הָעֵגֶל, romanized: ḥēṭəʾ hāʿēḡel). It is first mentioned in the Book of Exodus. Bull worship was...
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