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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Siddim
A valley full of tar pits. The kings of Sodom, Gomorrah and three other cities fought Chedorlaomer's invading coalition there, and some of them fell into the pits.
A valley full of tar pits. The kings of Sodom, Gomorrah and three other cities fought Chedorlaomer's invading coalition there, and some of them fell into the pits.
The Vale of Siddim was a valley described as full of tar pits, where the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, and three other cities clashed with the invading coalition led by Chedorlaomer (Genesis 14:3, 8, 10). Genesis identifies it with the Salt Sea, the Dead Sea, suggesting the battle took place in the region later bordered by, or submerged under, that sea. Its precise location remains debated among geographers of the southern Dead Sea basin.
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- Genesis 14:3
- Genesis 14:8
- Genesis 14:10
