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Ch. XIV. who dwelt in the city Save, and the Chorrites on the mountain of Seir as far as the pine grove of Pharan, which is in the wilderness, they turned and came to the fountain of Judgment, which is Kades, and smote the princes of Amalek and the Amorites, who dwelt in Asasonthamar. Then marched out the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorra and the king of Adama and the king of Seboeim and the king of Balak, that is Segor, and drew up in array against them for battle in the salt vale, against Chodollogomar king of Elam and Thargal king of nations, and Amarphal king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five. Now in this salt vale there were wells of Asphaltus. And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorra fled and fell there. And they who were left fled to the hilly country. And they took all the cavalry of Sodom and Gomorra and all their provisions and departed. They took also Lot, Abram's brother's son and his substance, when they went off, as he dwelt among the Sodomites. And one of them who escaped, came and told Abram, the traveller, who then dwelt near the oak grove of Mambre the Amorite, the brother of Eschol, and the brother of Aunan, who were in alliance with Abram. And when Abram heard that his nephew Lot was carried away captive, he numbered his domestics, three hundred and eighteen men, and pursued them to Dan. And in the night he and his servants fell upon them and smote them, and pursued them even the Choba, on the left of Damascus. And he brought back all the cavalry of the Sodomites. He brought back also his nephew Lot and all his substance and the women and the people. And on his return from the slaughter of Chodollogomar and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him, to the valley of Sabu which was the king's dale. Melchisedek also the king of Salem carried out bread and wine. Now he was a priest of the most High God, and he blessed Abram, and said, May Abram be blessed by God the Most High, who created the heaven and the earth: And blessed be God the Most High who hath delivered thy enemies into thy hands. And Abram gave him a tenth of all. And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the men, but take the horses for thyself. Whereupon Abram said to the king of Sodom, With this uplifted hand of