Genesis 14:10

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The valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. As the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell because of the tar pits, but the other kings fled to the hills.

Cross References

Genesis 11:3

They said to one another, “Let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used bricks as stones and tar  as mortar.

Genesis 14:11

So the four kings took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, as well as all their food, and left.

Genesis 14:17

After Abram came back from defeating Chedorlaomer and his allies, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Shaveh Valley (that is, the King’s Valley).

Genesis 14:21

The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, and keep everything else for yourself.”

Genesis 14:3

The five kings joined forces and met in the valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea).

Genesis 14:9

They fought against King Chedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Shinar, and King Arioch of Ellasar—four kings against five.

Genesis 19:17

As soon as they were outside, one ⌞of the angels⌟ said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look behind you, and don’t stop on the plain. Run for the hills, or you’ll be swept away!”

Genesis 19:30

Lot left Zoar because he was afraid to stay there. He and his two daughters settled in the mountains where they lived in a cave.

Psalm 83:10

They were destroyed at Endor. They became manure to fertilize the ground.

Isaiah 24:18

Whoever flees from news of a disaster will fall into a pit. Whoever climbs out of that pit will be caught in a trap. The floodgates in the sky will be opened, and the foundations of the earth will shake.

Jeremiah 48:44

“Whoever flees from a disaster will fall into a pit. Whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a trap. I will bring a year of punishment to Moab,” declares the Lord.

Joshua 8:24

Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the fields and in the desert where they had been pursued. They put them all to death; not one person survived. Then the Israelites went back to Ai and killed everyone left there.