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Genesis 14:2

BeraBirshaShemeberShinabAdmahBelaGomorrahSodomZeboiimZoar

1 In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim

went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

3 The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea ).

4 For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

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BSB
went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
KJV
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.
WEB
they made war with Bera, king of Sodom; Birsha, king of Gomorrah; Shinab, king of Admah; Shemeber, king of Zeboiim; and the king of Bela (also called Zoar).
ASV
that they 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 (the same is Zoar).
DARBY
[that] they made war with Bera the king of Sodom, and with Birsha the king of Gomorrah, Shinab the king of Admah, and Shemeber the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
BLB
[that] they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and Birsha king of Gomorrah, [and] Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that [is], Zoar).
ÅB
da hendte det at disse konger førte krig med Bera, kongen i Sodoma, og Birsa, kongen i Gomorra, og Sineab, kongen i Adma, og Semeber, kongen i Sebo'im, og kongen i Bela, det er Soar.
OTB
førte de krig mot Bera, kongen i Sodoma, Birsha, kongen i Gomorra, Sjinab, kongen i Adma, Sjemeber, kongen i Sebojim, og kongen i Bela (som er Soar).
B1930
da hendte det at disse konger førte krig med Bera, kongen i Sodoma, og Birsa, kongen i Gomorra, og Sineab, kongen i Adma, og Semeber, kongen i Sebo'im, og kongen i Bela, det er Soar.

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  • Genesis 13:10

    And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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  • Deuteronomy 29:23

    All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.

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  • Genesis 10:19

    and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

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  • Hosea 11:8

    How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

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  • Isaiah 1:9–10

    Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.

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  • Deuteronomy 34:3

    the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.

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  • 1 Samuel 13:18

    another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.

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  • Genesis 19:20–30

    Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”

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