Genesis 14:10
There were many tar pits in the Valley of Siddim, and as the defeated kings of Sodom and Gomorrah ran away, some of their men fell into them while the rest ran to the hills.
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11The invaders took from Sodom and Gomorrah all their possessions and food and left.
Cross References
Genesis 11:3They said to one another, “Come on, let's make some bricks and bake them with fire.” (They used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of cement).
Genesis 19:30Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, so he left town and went to live in a cave in the mountains with his two daughters.
Psalms 83:10They were destroyed at Endor and became like manure to fertilize the ground.
Jeremiah 48:44You will run away in terror and fall into a trap, and when you climb out of the trap, you'll be caught in a snare. I will do this to the Moabites at the time when they're punished, declares the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:2-13
Lot Taken Captive. ( b. c. 1913.) 1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; 2 That these 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. 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the… Read the whole commentary →