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KINGS VALLEY

The place where Abram met with the kings of Sodom and Salem (Gen. 14:17), originally called the “Valley of Shaveh” (Heb. ʿēmeq šāwēh). If the Hebrew root šāwâ has the cognate Ugaritic connotation of “ruler,” there may be a semantic basis for this explanation (Heb. ʿēmeq hammeleḵ), although the original designation itself may have come from a royal association, either because of imperial ownership or the presence of royal tombs. In 2 Sam. 18:18 Absalom erected a memorial stela in this place. According to some extrabiblical sources the most likely location is a plain at the confluence of the Kidron, Tyropoeon, and Hinnom valleys S of the City of David (cf. 2 Sam. 15:23).

Bibliography. J. M. Allegro, The Treasure of the Copper Scroll, 2nd ed. (Garden City, 1964); A. A. Wieder, “Ugaritic-Hebrew Lexicographical Notes,” JBL 84 (1965): 160-62.

J. Randall Price






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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