KJV King James Version
All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 14:3
All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
WEB World English Bible
All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).
ASV American Standard Version
All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
All these have been joined together unto the valley of Siddim, which is the Salt Sea;
Surrounding context — Genesis 14
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 fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that [were] with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which [is] by the wilderness.
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Numbers 34:12And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.Deuteronomy 3:17The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast [thereof], from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.Joshua 3:16That the waters which came down from above stood [and] rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that [is] beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea, failed, [and] were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;Psalm 107:34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
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