² Messengers came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army from Edom^[a] is marching against you from beyond the Dead Sea.^[b] They are already at Hazazon-tamar.” (This was another name for En-gedi.)

⁷ Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (now called Kadesh) and conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.

^29 [a]David then went to live in the strongholds of En-gedi.

¹⁶ the water above that point began backing up a great distance away at a town called Adam, which is near Zarethan. And the water below that point flowed on to the Dead Sea^[a] until the riverbed was dry. Then all the people crossed over near the town of Jericho.

¹² and then along the Jordan River to the Dead Sea. These are the boundaries of your land.”

³ This second group of kings joined forces in Siddim Valley (that is, the valley of the Dead Sea^[a]).