Tidal (king)

Tidal (תִדְעָל), king of Goyim, is a monarch mentioned in Genesis 14:1. Genesis describes Tidal was one of the four kings that fought Abraham in the Battle of Siddim. The historical reality of kings and events related in Genesis is doubted by modern scholarship.

The word goyim in biblical Hebrew can be translated as "nations" or "peoples" or "ethnic groups" (in modern Hebrew it means "Gentiles") although biblical scholars suggest that in this verse it may instead be a reference to the region of Gutium.