1 Four kings, Amraphel of Babylonia, Arioch of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer of Elam, and Tidal of Goiim,
2 went to war against five other kings: Bera of Sodom, Birsha of Gomorrah, Shinab of Admah, Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (or Zoar).
3 These five kings had formed an alliance and joined forces in the Valley of Siddim, which is now the Dead Sea.
4 They had been under the control of Chedorlaomer for twelve years, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled against him.
5 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and his allies came with their armies and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in the plain of Kiriathaim,
6 and the Horites in the mountains of Edom, pursuing them as far as Elparan on the edge of the desert.