Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
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Gill's Exposition
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer,.... King of Elam, who was of the race of Shem, and so the prophecy of Noah began to be fulfilled, that Canaan should be servant to Shem, Gen 9:26; for the kings…
- Abram Rescues Lot 1. אמרפל 'amrāpel, Amraphel; related: unknown. אלריוך 'aryôk, Ariok, “leonine?” related: ארי 'arı̂y, “a lion:” a name re-appearing in the time of Daniel Dan 2:14. אלסר 'elāsār…
We have here an account of the first war that ever we read of in scripture, which (though the wars of the nations make the greatest figure in history) we should not have had the history of if Abram…
Cambridge Bible
they served The five kings "served," i.e. were vassals, and paid tribute to, the king of Elam who was their over-lord.
rebelled Probably by omitting to pay tribute or to send gifts, as they had done…