Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea Valley). New Living Translation This second group of kings joined forces in Siddim Valley (that is, the valley of the Dead Sea). English Standard Version And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). Berean Standard Bible The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). King James Bible All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. New King James Version All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). New American Standard Bible All these kings came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). NASB 1995 All these came as allies to the valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). NASB 1977 All these came as allies to the valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). Legacy Standard Bible All these came as allies to the valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). Amplified Bible All of these [kings] joined together [as allies] in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Sea of Salt). Christian Standard Bible All of these came as allies to the Siddim Valley (that is, the Dead Sea ). Holman Christian Standard Bible All of these came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea). American Standard Version All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea). Aramaic Bible in Plain English All of these were gathered to the valley Sedumia, that is the Sea of Salt. Brenton Septuagint Translation All these met with one consent at the salt valley; this is now the sea of salt. Douay-Rheims Bible All these came together into the woodland vale, which now is the salt sea. English Revised Version All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea). GOD'S WORD® Translation The five kings joined forces and met in the valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea). Good News Translation These five kings had formed an alliance and joined forces in Siddim Valley, which is now the Dead Sea. International Standard Version All of this latter group of kings allied together in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea ). JPS Tanakh 1917 All these came as allies unto the vale of Siddim--the same is the Salt Sea. Literal Standard Version All these have been joined together to the Valley of Siddim, which [is] the Salt Sea; Majority Standard Bible The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). New American Bible all the latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea ). NET Bible These last five kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). New Revised Standard Version All these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea). New Heart English Bible All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). Webster's Bible Translation All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. World English Bible All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (also called the Salt Sea). Young's Literal Translation All these have been joined together unto the valley of Siddim, which is the Salt Sea; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The War of the Kings…2went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). 3The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). 4For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.… Cross References Genesis 10:19 and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. Genesis 14:4 For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. Genesis 14:8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim Genesis 14:10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country. Numbers 34:12 Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides." Deuteronomy 3:17 The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east. Joshua 3:16 the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. Treasury of Scripture All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. salt sea. Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; Numbers 34:12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. Deuteronomy 3:17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward. Jump to Previous Allies Forces Joined Kings Latter Salt Sea Siddim Together Vale ValleyJump to Next Allies Forces Joined Kings Latter Salt Sea Siddim Together Vale ValleyGenesis 14 1. The battle of four kings against the king of Sodom and his allies.12. Lot is taken prisoner. 14. Abram rescues him. 17. Melchizedek blesses Abram, who gives him tithes. 21. Abram restores the rest of the spoil to the king of Sodom. (3) All these were joined together.--Were united in a confederacy, and so formed a pentapolis, or group of five allied towns, like the Philistine league with its five lords (1Samuel 6:16-18). The vale of Siddim.--Mr. Conder (Tent-work, ii. 16) says that the name Sidd is still given by the Arabs to the cliffs or banks of marl which run along the southern edge of the plain of Jericho; and with this agrees Aben-Ezra's explanation, who derives the word from the Hebrew sid, chalk. Mr. Conder searched throughout the Ciccar for traces of the ruined cities, but in vain; and "the gradual rise of the level of the plain, caused by the constant washing down of the soft marl from the western hills, would effectually," he thinks, "cover over any such ruins." He found, however, copious springs of water upon the north-western side of the lake, and considers that the five cities were in their neighbourhood. Which is the salt sea.--From these words commentators have rashly concluded that the vale of Sodom was swallowed up by the Dead Sea; but not only is no such convulsion of nature mentioned in Genesis 19, but Abram is described as seeing the Ciccar-land not submerged, but smoking like a furnace (Genesis 19:28). Probably "the vale of Siddim" was the name of the whole district in which these sidds, or bluffs, are situated, and which extend round all the northern shores of the lake. Mr. Conder, after tracing the lines of former beaches, which show that the Dead Sea has long been shrinking in extent, tells us (Tent-work, ii. 43) that geologists hold that it had reached its present condition long before the days of Abram. It still, indeed, covered a much larger space, for the rains at that time were far more copious in Palestine than at present; but it no longer extended over the whole Arabah, as, by the evidence of these beaches, was once the case. (3) The Horites.--Cave-men, the aboriginal inhabitants of Mount Seir, subsequently conquered by the Edomites (Deuteronomy 2:12; Deuteronomy 2:22). The miserable condition of these earth-men is described in Job 30:3-8. . . . Verse 3. - All these - the last-named princes - were joined together - i.e. as confederates (so. and came with their forces) - in (literally, to) the vale of Siddim. The salt valley (LXX.); a wooded vale (Vulgate); a plain filled with rocky hollows (Gesenius), with which Ver. 10 agrees; the valley of plains or fields (Onkelos, Raschi, Keil, Murphy). Which is the salt sea. i.e. where the salt sea afterwards arose, on the destruction of the cities of the plain - Genesis 19:24, 25 (Keil, Havernick; cf. Josephus, ' Bell. Jud.,' 4:08, 4); but the text scarcely implies that the cities were submerged-only the valley (cf. Quarry, p. 207). The extreme depression of the Dead Sea, being 1300 feet below the level of the Mediterranean ("the most depressed sheet of water in the world:" Stanley's 'Sinai and Palestine,' Genesis 7.), conjoined with its excessive saltness (containing 26.25 per cent of saline particles), renders it one of the most remarkable of inland lakes. Its shores are clothed with loom and desolation. Within a mile from northern embouchure the verdure of the rich Jordan valley dies away. Strewn along its desolate margin lie broken canes and willow branches, with trunks of palms, poplars, and other trees, half embedded in slimy mud, and all covered with incrustations of salt. At its south-western corner stands the mountain of rock salt, with its columnar fragments, which Josephus says, in his day was regarded as the pillar of Lot s wife.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The latterאֵ֙לֶּה֙ (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural Strong's 428: These, those [five] כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every came as allies חָֽבְר֔וּ (ḥā·ḇə·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2266: To unite, be joined, to tie a magic knot or spell, to charm to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the Valley עֵ֖מֶק (‘ê·meq) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6010: A vale of Siddim הַשִּׂדִּ֑ים (haś·śid·dîm) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7708: Siddim -- a valley near the Dead Sea (that is, ה֖וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are the Salt הַמֶּֽלַח׃ (ham·me·laḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4417: Powder, salt Sea). יָ֥ם (yām) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin Links Genesis 14:3 NIVGenesis 14:3 NLT Genesis 14:3 ESV Genesis 14:3 NASB Genesis 14:3 KJV Genesis 14:3 BibleApps.com Genesis 14:3 Biblia Paralela Genesis 14:3 Chinese Bible Genesis 14:3 French Bible Genesis 14:3 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 14:3 All these joined together in the valley (Gen. 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