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

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.

¹⁷ They also received the Jordan Valley, all the way from the Sea of Galilee down to the Dead Sea,^[a] with the Jordan River serving as the western boundary. To the east were the slopes of Pisgah.

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

²⁴ Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.