AvᵊrâmꞋ Moves To Khë•vᵊr•onꞋ

Then AvᵊrâmꞋ moved his family from Eil•onꞋ Mor•ëhꞋ to Eil•on•eiꞋ Ma•mᵊr•eiꞋ, a neighborhood in Khë•vᵊr•onꞋ, where he built his ranch with traditional family mi•zᵊbeiꞋakh.

War Engulfs the Cities of the Plain of Sᵊdom

ShᵊkhëmꞋ and Yâm ha-MëlꞋakh

Sᵊdom and its satellite sister cities became exhausted by the rule of the Iranian king and joined adjacent local kings in the south, Εd•omꞋ and A•mâ•leiqꞋ, in a widespread rebellion against the rule of the Iranian king.

This brought swift and harsh retaliation from the Iranian king. First, he attacked and conquered the south, Εd•omꞋ and A•mâ•leiqꞋ. Then his soldiers turned northward and conquered and plundered all of the cities in the Sᵊdom Plain, including Sᵊdom itself – taking Lōt and his family captive with them as they headed north, via Damascus, returning home to Iran.

An escapee from the battle came to AvᵊrâmꞋ and told him of the capture of Lōt and his family.

Uncle AvᵊrâmꞋ's Battalion

Immediately, AvᵊrâmꞋ mustered and armed 318 of his cowboys, shepherds and guards to chase down the convoy and forcibly redeem his nephew from the Iranians.

AvᵊrâmꞋ and his battalion of warriors overtook and engaged the Iranians just as they were leaving the northernmost region of Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ – the tribal area of Dan. Staging a series of night raids, AvᵊrâmꞋ's battalion repeatedly neutralized Iranian platoons that had been mostly depleted from the wars with A•mâ•leiqꞋ, Εd•omꞋ and the cities of the Plain of Sᵊdom.

AvᵊrâmꞋ's battalion harassed the Iranian soldiers all the way to Damascus and northward, until he had redeemed his nephew, Lōt, along with his family and all of his workers, and retrieved all of his possessions.

Ma•lᵊk•i-TzëdꞋëq, Ko•heinꞋ of Eil Elᵊy•onꞋ

Ancient palace area in Ir Dâ•widꞋ, looking south; NaꞋkhal Qi•dᵊr•onꞋ – and Gei-Hi•nomꞋ. After buttressing the foundation, Dâ•widꞋ ha-MëlꞋëkh likely built this palace atop the previous king's palace.

When AvᵊrâmꞋ returned with Lōt and all of his possessions, the king of the capital city of Sᵊdom traveled to Yᵊru•shâ•laꞋyim to welcome him back, meeting AvᵊrâmꞋ in the naꞋkhal in front of the king's palace. Then Ma•lᵊk•i-TzëdꞋëq, ko•heinꞋ of Eil Elᵊy•onꞋ, brought bread and wine, blessing AvᵊrâmꞋ saying, "May AvᵊrâmꞋ be blessed by Eil Elᵊy•onꞋ, Possessor of the heavens and the earth; and may Eil Elᵊy•onꞋ, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand, be blessed."

Then AvᵊrâmꞋ gave Ma•lᵊk•i-TzëdꞋëq, the ko•heinꞋ, a tenth of all they had brought back.