These men made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

All these [a]joined together in the valley of [b]Siddim, which is the [c]salt Sea.

Twelve years were they subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 14:3 Ambition is the chief cause of wars among princes.
  2. Genesis 14:3 Or, of the labored fields.
  3. Genesis 14:3 Called also the dead sea, or the lake Asphaltite, near unto Sodom and Gomorrah.

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