BRAGADAYJAH 37

In the course of time, war broke out between two military alliances, one led by Amraphel, King of Shinar, together with three other kings, and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and their alliance and of course Lot was caught in the middle. The state of war dragged on for some twelve years with the Sodom alliance entering into a tentative entente with the King of Shinar. But in the thirteenth year the King of Sodom and his allies rebelled and rose up against the leader of the Shinar alliance which was by this time led by a mighty King, whose name was Chedorlaomer. The upshot was that the Sodom/Gomorrah alliance was defeated and both kings perished during the course of the war. All of their goods and possessions were taken, and Lot himself and his goods and possessions were taken by the mighty alliance now comprising ten kings. During the war, Abram continued to live in the plain of Mamre; and with war drums beating all around him, and while not participating in the hostilities, he took defensive precautions by forming his own triple alliance. When, therefore, news of Lot’s capture reached him, Abram determined to rescue his cousin and friend. Interestingly, he did not call upon his allies in this venture, but took only 300 of his best men and pursued the vanquishing army of the ten kings. More