- Prayer and Worship - Beliefs and Teachings - Issues and Action
- Catholic Giving - About USCCB The Four Kings. 1* When Amraphel
king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of
Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim 2made war on Bera king of Sodom,
Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of
Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar), 3all the latter
kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt
Sea*). 4For twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in
the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5In the fourteenth year
Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him came and defeated the
Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in
Shaveh-kiriathaim, 6and the Horites in the hill country of Seir,
as far as El-paran, close by the wilderness.a 7They then turned
back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they subdued
the whole country of both the Amalekites and the Amorites who
lived in Hazazon-tamar. 8Thereupon the king of Sodom, the king
of Gomorrah, the