Kedor Laomer
Kedor-Laomer ( Hebrew כְּדָר־לָעֹמֶר) or Kedorlaomer ( Hebrew כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר) was a king of Elam mentioned in the Tanach ( Gen 14.1–16 EU ) , who is said to have been defeated by Abram in a campaign to free Lot . Outside the Bible , Kedor-Laomer et al. a. mentioned in the Genesis Apocryphon of Qumran and in the Book of Jubilees , but not in non-Israelite sources.
Biblical relevance
According to the book of Genesis , Kedor-Laomer was king of Elam and allied with the rulers Amrafel of Shinar , Arjoch of Ellasar and Tidal , a "king of peoples". For twelve years they subjugated five kings, among whom were Bera and Birscha , legendary rulers of Sodom and Gomorrah with speaking names. In the thirteenth year they are said to have started to defend themselves against the oppression. In the following year Kedor-Laomer defeated the Refaïter , the Susiter , the Emiter and the Horiter , four tribes or smaller ethnic groups.
Now Bera and Birscha began to defend themselves militarily . The two armies met in the valley of Siddim . Lot, Abraham's nephew, also got innocent between the front lines and with his family as a prisoner of war by King Kedor-Laomer.
Abraham, who learned of Lot's capture, dared a rescue operation. He defeated Kedor-Laomer and drove him and his army back to Hoba , a city north of Damascus . As a result, Kedor-Laomer is no longer mentioned in the Bible .
filming
In the Bible filming " The Bible - Abraham " from 1994, Joel Proust Chedorlaomer represents.
Web links
- Benjamin Ziemer: Kedor-Laomer. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.