1. אמרפל 'amrāpel — Amraphel; related: unknown. אלריוך 'aryôk — Ariok, “leonine?” related: ארי …

They joined battle with them. —Hebrew, they set themselves in array against them. As the five kings left their cities to …

And there went out the king of Sodom
With his armed men to meet the four kings, and give them battle, being so near …

The wars of nations feature prominently in history, but we would not have had the record of this particular war if Abram and Lot had not been invol…