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.
7 Then they turned round and came back to Kadesh (then known as Enmishpat). They conquered all the land of the Amalekites and defeated the Amorites who lived in Hazazon Tamar.
8 Then the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela drew up their armies for battle in the Valley of Siddim and fought
9 against the kings of Elam, Goiim, Babylonia, and Ellasar, five kings against four.