KJV King James Version
And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same [is] Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
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Genesis 14:8
And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same [is] Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim
WEB World English Bible
The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim;
ASV American Standard Version
And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in array against them in the vale of Siddim;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the king of Sodom goeth out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar; and they set the battle in array with them in the valley of Siddim,
Surrounding context — Genesis 14
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.
7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same [is] Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
10 And the vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
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וַיֵּצֵ֨אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingסְדֹ֜םH5467 · se.domSodomוּמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingעֲמֹרָ֗הH6017 · a.mo.rahGomorrahוּמֶ֤לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאַדְמָה֙H126 · ad.mahAdmahוּמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingצְבוֹיִ֔םH6636 · tse.vo.imZeboiimוּמֶ֥לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingבֶּ֖לַעH1106 · be.laBelaהִוא־H1931 · huhe/she/itצֹ֑עַרH6820 · tso.arZoarוַיַּֽעַרְכ֤וּH6186 · a.rakhto arrangeאִתָּם֙H854 · etwithמִלְחָמָ֔הH4421 · mil.cha.mahbattleבְּעֵ֖מֶקH6010 · e.meqValley (of Achor)הַשִּׂדִּֽים׃H7708 · sid.dimValley
Cross-references
Genesis 19:20Behold now, this city [is] near to flee unto, and it [is] a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, ([is] it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.Genesis 19:22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.Genesis 14:2-3[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.Genesis 14:10And the vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
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