3 All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea Valley).
3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
3 And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim ( that is, the Salt Sea).
3 This second group of kings, the attacked, came together at the Valley of Siddim, that is, the Salt Sea.
3 All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
3 This second group of kings joined forces in Siddim Valley (that is, the valley of the Dead Sea ).
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 14:3
Commentary on Genesis 14:1-12
(Read Genesis 14:1-12)
The wars of nations make great figure in history, but we should not have had the record of this war if Abram and Lot had not been concerned. Out of covetousness, Lot had settled in fruitful, but wicked Sodom. Its inhabitants were the most ripe for vengeance of all the descendants of Canaan. The invaders were from Chaldea and Persia, then only small kingdoms. They took Lot among the rest, and his goods. Though he was righteous, and Abram's brother's son, yet he was with the rest in this trouble. Neither our own piety, nor our relation to the favourites of Heaven, will be our security when God's judgments are abroad. Many an honest man fares the worse for his wicked neighbours: it is our wisdom to separate, or at least to distinguish ourselves from them, 2 Corinthians 6:17. So near a relation of Abram should have been a companion and a disciple of Abram. If he chose to dwell in Sodom, he must thank himself if he share in Sodom's losses. When we go out of the way of our duty, we put ourselves from under God's protection, and cannot expect that the choice made by our lusts, should end to our comfort. They took Lot's goods; it is just with God to deprive us of enjoyments, by which we suffer ourselves to be deprived of the enjoyment of him.