Chedorlaomer and the battle of the Nine Kings

While I was reading Genesis chapter 14, the mention of a battle in the vale of Siddim totally drag my attention. Furthermore, this chapter is the one who mentions another Mighty king "Chedorloamer" who ruled the Elamite Kingdom, and he is specially mentioned in the chapter for two reasons. First, because he have subdued the kingdoms near the jordan river plain, and most important because he took captive Lot the nephew of Abram.

First of all,  Chedorlaomer was king of the Elamite kingdom who was subduing the plains near the Jordan river. According to Genesis he have subdued at least five  cities for at leas 13 years, causing that the subdued kings rebelled and start a war against the Chedorlaomer rule. This war had an episode known as the battle of Siddim or the war of the nine kings. Although, the bible never mentions a battle in the vale of Siddim, we can infer that the battle took place there between the oppressor force of Chedorloamer and the rebel force commanded by the five kings of the plains. as a result of the battle the rebel forces were surpassed and  the rebels were forced to flee. hence, the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fell into the slime pits, that were located around the battlefield, causing many others to die in the escape.
One thing that its important to highlight is that in this battle, the 9 kings joined together for the clash. That style of combat gives us a background of how belligerent strategies and setting were done in the past. according to the Cambridge Atlas of Archaeology it was common for powerful king to bring with them every kind of company such as vassals or other allied kings to show the mighty and power of their army, as a strategy to frighten the opponents and making them flee or renegotiate the therms of their submission. In consequence, we can infer that Chedorloamer was a brilliant strategist because he allied with other Mesopotamian kings and brought them into battle. Furthermore, his strategy plus his allied armies made him to win the battle and advance to Sodom and Gomorrah were they claim their goods and victuals and come back their way kidnapping Lot who dwelt in the Land of Sodom.
when the word of the kidnapping of Lot reached Abram, he rapidly formed a small army of 318 person who accompanied him in the chase of Chedorloamer. the chase was not easy, we can read in Genesis that Abram caught up with Chedorloamer in the city of Dan. According to GIS measurements there are 200 km between the city of Hebron and the city of Dan, which means that the persecution was fast and definitely exhausting. However, Abram had the strength and courage to battle Chedorloamer forces. When Abraham finally caught up with Chedorloamer, he decided to divide his army between The infamous king troops and finally smote them by night. As a result, The attacked army fled Dan going northeast into Damascus.

The Vale of Siddim

Finally, Abram Chased Chedorloamer for approximately additional 65 km, finally slaughtering Chedorloamer's army in the city of Hobah near Damascus. Hence, Abraham took back the stolen goods and also the prisoners in which Lot was one of them. When Abram come back he was received by Melchizedek King of Salem who brought bread and wine unto him and blessed him.