And 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.
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Interpretation
The wars of nations make great figure in history, but we should not have had the record of this war if Abram and Lot had not been concerned. Out of covetousness, Lot had settled in fruitful, but wicked Sodom.
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This thought runs through Genesis 14:9-12.
Glossary
- Gomorrah Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: south of the Lisan.
- Sodom Place
- 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.
- Valley of Siddim Place
- Biblical valley. Modern identification: south of the Lisan.