Allthesecameas alliesto the valleyof Siddim(that is, the SaltSea).
The territoryof the Canaaniteextendedfrom Sidonas you gotoward Gerar,as faras Gaza;as you gotoward Sodomand Gomorrahand Admahand Zeboiim,as faras Lasha.
Now the valleyof Siddimwas full of tarpits;and the kingsof Sodomand Gomorrahfled,and they fellinto them. But those who survivedfledto the hillcountry.
Twelveyearsthey had servedChedorlaomer,but the thirteenthyearthey rebelled.
And the kingof Sodomand the kingof Gomorrahand the kingof Admahand the kingof Zeboiimand the kingof Bela(that is, Zoar)cameout; and they arrayedfor battleagainstthem in the valleyof Siddim,
Then the LORDrainedon Sodomand Gomorrahbrimstoneand firefrom the LORDout of heaven,
A fruitfullandinto a saltwaste,Becauseof the wickednessof those who dwellin it.
And the bordershall godownto the Jordanand its terminationshall be at the SaltSea.Thisshall be your landaccording to its bordersallaround.'"
the Arabahalso, with the Jordanas [a] border,from Chinneretheven as faras the seaof the Arabah,the SaltSea,at the footof the slopesof Pisgahon the east.
the waterswhich were flowingdownfrom abovestood[and] roseup in oneheap,a greatdistanceaway at Adam,the citythat is besideZarethan;and those which were flowingdowntowardthe seaof the Arabah,the SaltSea,were completelycutoff.So the peoplecrossedoppositeJericho.
