AMRAPHEL, the King of Shinar or Babylonia, confederated with Chedorloamer, King of the Edomites, and two other Kings, to make war against the Kings of Pentapolis, that is to say, of Sodom, Gomorrah, and the three neighbouring Cities. The Kings who were in league with Amraphel worsted those of Pentapolis, Gen. xiv. 1, 2, &c.plunder’d their City, and carried off abundance of captives, among whom was Lot, Abraham’s Nephew; but Abraham pursued them, retook Lot, and recover’d all the spoil, in the year of the World 2092, before J. C. 1908, before the vulgar Æra 1912.
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