3. These five kings had formed an alliance and joined forces in the Valley of Siddim, which is now the Dead Sea.
4. They had been under the control of Chedorlaomer for twelve years, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled against him.
5. In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and his allies came with their armies and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in the plain of Kiriathaim,
6. and the Horites in the mountains of Edom, pursuing them as far as Elparan on the edge of the desert.
7. Then they turned round and came back to Kadesh (then known as Enmishpat). They conquered all the land of the Amalekites and defeated the Amorites who lived in Hazazon Tamar.
8. Then the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela drew up their armies for battle in the Valley of Siddim and fought
9. against the kings of Elam, Goiim, Babylonia, and Ellasar, five kings against four.