that they made war with Bera, king of Sedom, and with Birsha, king of `Amorah, Shin'av, king of Admah, and Shem'ever, king of Tzevoyim, and the king of Bela (the same is Tzo`ar).
Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar: and there fell of the Kushim so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his army; and they carried away very much booty.
Be ashamed, Tzidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, *I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.*
and all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of the `Utz, and all the kings of the Pelishtim, and Ashkelon, and `Aza, and `Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
*How can I give you up, Efrayim? How can I hand you over, Yisra'el? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Tzevoyim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused.
But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, *Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Yerushalayim to `Aza. This is a desert.*
When the Elyon gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Yisra'el.
and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to `Aza, and left no sustenance in Yisra'el, neither sheep, nor ox, nor donkey.
and another company turned the way to Beit-Choron; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of Tzevo`im toward the wilderness.