The following is an entirely different interpretation, which is just as valid as our standard take.
Genesis 14.1. And it happened in the days of Amrafel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim 2. made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 3. All these were joined together in the Valley of Siddim, which is the Salt Sea. 4. They served Chedorlaomer for twelve years, then, in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5. And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings with him went and struck the Rephaim in Ashtoreth Karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-Kiriathaim. 6. And the Horites in their Mount Seir, to El-Paran, which is by the wilderness. 7. And they returned and came to En-Mishpat, which is Kadesh, and struck all the country of the Amalekites and also the Amorites who dwelled in Hazezon-tamar.
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