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Valley of Siddim

• Today south of the Lisan
• Most likely location

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Battles and sieges

1. c. 1900 BCThe battle of the kings in the Vale of Siddim Gen 14:8–12
   Chedorlaomer and three kings of the east against the five kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim and Bela. The kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee; the goods of the cities and Lot are carried off.

Verses (3)

Gen 14:3

All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

Gen 14:8

And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;

Gen 14:10

And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

King James Version