Donna Williams Supporter

The answer is found in Genesis chapter 14. This battle was between 4 kings who decided to rebel, and started a war against 5 kings.

Abram got involved because his nephew Lot was captured and all of his possessions. 

Abram gathered 318 men who were born in his household, and went against the kings who captured the souls. Yahweh gave him the victory, and he recovered all.

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What was the great battle that Abraham fought against the kings?

The great battle Abraham (then Abram) fought is known as the Battle of the Vale of Siddim (or the War of Nine Kings). It took place in the region of the Dead Sea and is famously recorded in Genesis 14 of the Hebrew Bible.

The Capture of Lot: The victorious kings plundered Sodom and Gomorrah, capturing Abraham's nephew, Lot, and taking his possessions.

Abraham's Rescue: Upon hearing the news, Abraham gathered 318 trained men from his own household, along with his local allies (Mamre, Eshcol, and Aner).

The Pursuit and Victory: They pursued the allied kings north to Dan. Dividing his forces, Abraham launched a surprise night attack. He defeated the kings, chased them as far as Hobah (north of Damascus), and successfully rescued Lot and all the captives and stolen goods.

History. 

Funk & Wagnalls Standard Reference Encyclopedia states: "The Elamites destroyed the city of Ur about 1950 B.C.... Subsequently they exerted considerable influence on the rulers of Babylonia."

The first Biblical mention of Elam as a country or nation is in the time of Abraham (2018-1843 B.C.E.), when Chedorlaomer, "king of Elam," marched with an alliance of kings against a Canaanite coalition in the Dead Sea region. (Ge 14:1-3) Chedorlaomer is indicated as the leader of the alliance and as having held suzerainty over the Canaanite kings, upon whom he now inflicted punishment. (Ge 14:4-17) Such a campaign, requiring a round-trip journey of perhaps 3,200 km (2,000 mi), was not unusual for Mesopotamian kings even in that ancient time. Secular history confirms that in the early part of the second millennium B.C.E., there was such a period of Elamite dominance in the Mesopotamian region. An Elamite official named Kudur-Mabuk, who successfully occupied the prominent city of Larsa (along the Euphrates north of Ur), appointed his son Warad-Sin as king there. Notably, Warad-Sin and Rim-Sin (Warad-Sin's brother, who succeeded him as king) are both Semitic names, further substantiating a Semitic element in Elam.

The names of Elamite kings have been found on archaeological inscriptions. Some of them begin with the expression "Kudur," similar to "Chedor." An important Elamite goddess was Lagamar, similar to "laomer." Thus, Chedorlaomer is now accepted by some secular sources as a historical ruler, his name possibly meaning "Servant of Lagamar."

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