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SIDDIM

(Heb. śiddîm),

VALLEY OF

The valley where King Chedorlaomer of Elam and his allies conquered the armies of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Bela (Zoar), and Zeboiim (Gen. 14). Identified in Gen. 14:3 as the Salt Sea (Dead Sea), Siddim is often associated with the sea’s southern end, where modern bitumen deposits are reminiscent of the tar pits mentioned in v. 10, into which soldiers from the armies of Sodom and Gomorrah fell during their retreat. In equating the Salt Sea with the valley of Siddim, Gen. 14 seems to imply a later submersion of the valley as a result of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 19).

Ryan Byrne






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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