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Genesis 14:10 KJV
Genesis · chapter 14 · verse 10
And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.Genesis 14:10 · King James Version
Genesis 14:10 in context
8And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
9With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
10And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
11And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
12And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- slimepitsbᵉʼêra pitH875 →
- slimepitschêmârbitumenH2564 →
- GomorrahʻĂmôrâhAmorah, a place in PalestineH6017 →
- remainedshâʼarproperly, to swell upH7604 →
- SiddimSiddîymSiddim, a valley in PalestineH7708 →
- kingsmeleka kingH4428 →
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We have here an account of the first war that ever we read of in scripture, which (though the wars of the nations make the greatest figure in history) we should not have had the history of if Abram and Lot had not been concerned in it. Now, concerning this war, we may observe, I. The parties engaged in it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12