Deuteronomy 34:3 - Easy To Read Version The Lord showed Moses the Negev [227] and the valley that goes from Zoar to Jericho, the city of palm trees. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the South (the Negeb) and the plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palm Trees, as far as Zoar. American Standard Version (1901) and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar. Common English Bible also the arid southern plain, and the plain—including the Jericho Valley, Palm City—as far as Zoar. Catholic Public Domain Version and the southern region, and the breadth of the plain of Jericho, the city of palms, as far as Zoar. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the south part, and the breadth of the plain of Jerich, the city of palm-trees as far as Segor. |
Lot looked and saw the Jordan Valley. Lot saw that there was much water there. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. At that time the Jordan Valley all the way to Zoar was like the Lord’s Garden. This was good land, like the land of Egypt.)
All these kings fought a war against Bera the king of Sodom, Birsha the king of Gomorrah, Shinab the king of Admah, Shemeber the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela. (Bela is also called Zoar.)
At that time, the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (Zoar) joined together and went to fight against their enemies. {They went to fight} in the Valley of Siddim. [81]
But run there fast. I can’t destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town.” (That town is named Zoar, [108] because it is a small town.)
The leaders (Azariah, Berekiah, Jehizkiah, and Amasa) stood up and helped the prisoners. These four men got the clothes that the Israelite army took and gave them to those people that were naked. Those leaders also gave shoes to those people. They gave the prisoners from Judah something to eat and drink. They rubbed oil on those people \{to soften and heal their wounds\}. Then those leaders from Ephraim put the weak prisoners on donkeys and took them back home to their families in Jericho, the city of palm trees. Then those four leaders went back home to Samaria.
On the south, you will get part of the Zin desert near Edom. Your southern border will start at the southern end of the Dead Sea.
The Kenite people left the City of Palm Trees (Jericho) and went with the men of Judah. Those people went to the Desert of Judah to live with the people there. This was in the Negev [8] near the city Arad. (The Kenite people were from the family of Moses’ father-in-law.)
Eglon got help from the Ammonite people and the Amalekite people. They joined him and attacked the people of Israel. Eglon and his army defeated the people of Israel and forced them to leave the City of Palm Trees (Jericho).