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Siddim, Vale of

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: S

By: George A. Morrish

Narrator: Chris Genthree

Duration: 19sec

Genesis 14:3,8,10

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One passage reads “the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea;” and another the vale was “full of slime-pits,” that is, bitumen springs (Gen. 14:3,8,10³All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. (Genesis 14:3)
⁸And 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; (Genesis 14:8)
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. (Genesis 14:10)). It was doubtless near the Salt Sea, but is not identified.

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