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.
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- Admah Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: south of the Lisan.
- Bera Person
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Gift, or son of evil, king of Sodom at the time of the invasion of the four kings under Chedorlaomer ( Gen. 14:2 , 8, 17, 21).
- Birsha Person
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Son of wickedness, a king of Gomorrah whom Abraham succoured in the invasion of Chedorlaomer ( Gen. 14:2 ).
- Gomorrah Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: south of the Lisan.
- Sodom Place
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Burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim ( Gen. 13:10 ; 14:1-16 ). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought down upon it fire from heaven, by which it was destroyed (18:16-33; 19:1-29; Deut. 23:17 ). Modern identification: south of the Lisan.
- Zeboiim Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: south of the Lisan.
- Zoar Place
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Small, a town on the east or south-east of the Dead Sea, to which Lot and his daughters fled from Sodom ( Gen. 19:22 , 23). It was originally called Bela (14:2, 8). Modern identification: Al Safi.