Genesis 14:4
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For they had served Chodorlahomor twelve years, and in the thirteenth year they revolted from him.

they served.

Genesis 9:25,26 He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. . . .

they rebelled.

Ezekiel 17:15 But he hath revolted from him and sent ambassadors to Egypt, that it might give him horses, and much people. And shall he that hath done thus prosper, or be saved? and shall he escape that hath broken the covenant?

Context
The War of the Kings
3All these came together into the woodland vale, which now is the salt sea. 4For they had served Chodorlahomor twelve years, and in the thirteenth year they revolted from him.5And in the fourteenth year came Chodorlahomor, and the kings that were with him: and they smote the Raphaim in Astarothcarnaim, and the Zuzim with them, and the Emim in Save of Cariathaim.…
Cross References
Genesis 14:1
And it came to pass at that time, that Amraphel, king of Sennaar, and Arioch, king of Pontus, and Chodorlahomor, king of the Elamites, and Thadal, king of nations,

Genesis 14:3
All these came together into the woodland vale, which now is the salt sea.

Genesis 14:5
And in the fourteenth year came Chodorlahomor, and the kings that were with him: and they smote the Raphaim in Astarothcarnaim, and the Zuzim with them, and the Emim in Save of Cariathaim.

Lexicon
For twelve
שְׁתֵּ֤ים (šə·têm)
Number - fd
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

years
שָׁנָ֔ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8141: A year

they had been subject
עָבְד֖וּ (‘ā·ḇə·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

to Chedorlaomer,
כְּדָרְלָעֹ֑מֶר (kə·ḏā·rə·lā·‘ō·mer)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3540: Chedorlaomer -- a king of Elam

but in the thirteenth
וּשְׁלֹשׁ־ (ū·šə·lōš-)
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

year
שָׁנָ֖ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8141: A year

they rebelled.
מָרָֽדוּ׃ (mā·rā·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4775: To rebel


Additional Translations
For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Twelve years they served Chodollogomor, and the thirteenth year they revolted.

Twelve years had they served Chedorlaomer; and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled.

twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and the thirteenth year they rebelled.
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