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The Vale of Siddim or Valley of Siddim, Hebrew: עֵ֖מֶק שִׂדִּים ‘emeq haś-Śiddim, equated with the "Salt Sea" in Genesis 14:3, itself equated with the "sea of the Arabah" in Deuteronomy 3:17, the same as the "Dead Sea" [4] is a biblical place name mentioned in the Book of Genesis Chapter 14: 'And the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits' (Genesis 14:3, 8, 10).
In the Old Testament, Tidal (Hebrew: תִּדְעָל, Modern: Tīdʿal, Tiberian: Tīḏʿāl) is a king of Goyim.In the Book of Genesis (14:1), he is described as one of the four kings who fought Abraham in the Battle of Siddim.
In the Battle of the Vale of Siddim, the combined imperial forces plunder Sodom and nearby cities, taking many people captive and also much plunder. Bera and the king of Gomorrah, Birsha, flee the battle and fall into one of Siddim's many tarpits while other survivors escape into the mountains (14:10).
The narrator uses Lot's choice of land near Sodom as a way of foreshadowing Lot's role in the Battle of Siddim, in which Lot is taken captive in battle, and the role of Lot in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. [5] Lot pitches his tents near Sodom according to Genesis 13:12. By 14:12, Lot is living in the city itself.
c. 2300 BC Battle of Terqa; c. 2000 BC Battle of Siddim; c. 1900 BC Qatna-Yamhad conflict; c. 1770 BC Yamhad kingdom conquests; c. 1650 BC - 1600 BC Hittite-Syrian Wars; Israelite Campaigns Early Israelite campaigns. 1400 BC Battle of Ai (legendary) Battle of Hazor (legendary) Battle of Jericho (legendary) Lachish; Battle of the Waters of Merom ...
The name Chedorlaomer is associated with familiar Elamite components, such as kudur "servant", and Lagamal, an important goddess in the Elamite pantheon. [3] [4] The Jewish Encyclopedia states that, apart from the fact that Chedorlaomer can be identified as a proper Elamite compound, all else is matter of controversy and "the records give only the rather negative result that from Babylonian ...
According to the Bible, Admah (Heb. אַדְמָה) was one of the five cities of the Vale of Siddim. [1] It was destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah. [2] It is supposed by William F. Albright to be the same as the "Adam" of Joshua 3:16. [3]
Hobah is mentioned in the aftermath of the Battle of Siddim in the Book of Genesis, when Abraham (then Abram) rescued his nephew Lot, from those who pillaged Sodom and Gomorrah. The biblical account relates that he pursued Lot's captors, the defeated army of Chedorlaomer, as far north as Hobah.