Genesis 14:2
that they made war, with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah,—Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela—the same, is Zoar.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
3All these, joined together in the valley of the open fields, the same, is the Salt Sea.
Cross References
Genesis 10:19And it came to pass that the boundary of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou enterest in towards Gerar unto Gaza,—as thou enterest in towards Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, as far as Lasha.
Genesis 19:20Behold, I pray thee, this city, is near for fleeing thither And, it, is a little one, let me I pray thee, escape thither—is it not a, little, one? That my soul may live!
Deuteronomy 34:3and the South,—and the circuit of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees as far as Zoar.
Nehemiah 11:34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat;
Isaiah 15:5Mine own heart, for Moab continueth to make outcry, Her fugitive, as far as Zoar, is like a heifer of three years; For the accent of Luhith, with weeping, they ascend, For by the way of Horonaim—an outcry of destruction, they excite;
Hosea 11:8How can I give thee up, Ephraim? abandon thee Israel? How can I make thee as Admah? set thee as Zeboim? Mine own heart, turneth against me, at once, are kindled my compassions.
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 →