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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- Admah Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: south of the Lisan.
- 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.
- Valley of Siddim Place
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Biblical valley. Modern identification: south of the Lisan.