Vale of Siddim — valley of the broad plains, which is the salt sea (Genesis 14:3,8, 10), between Engedi and the cities of the plain, at the southend of the Dead Sea. It was full of slime pits (R.V., bitumenpits ). Here Chedorlaomer and the confederate kings… … Wikipedia
Vale — In geography a vale is a wide river valley, usually with a particularly wide flood plain or flat valley bottom. Vales commonly occur between the escarpment slopes of pairs of chalk downs, where the chalk dome has been eroded, exposing less… … Wikipedia
Tal von Siddim — Das Tal von Siddim (hebräisch עמק השדים) ist eine im Alten Testament in Genesis 14 erwähnte geographische Bezeichnung. Die etymologische Herleitung des Namens ist ebenso wie die geographische Verortung des Tales umstritten. Aufgrund sprachlicher… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Genesis 14 — 1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and … The King James version of the Bible
Biblical Geography — Biblical Geography † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Biblical Geography With the exception of the didactic literature, there is no book in the Bible which, to a greater or less extent, does not contain mention of, or allusions to, the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Sodom and Gomorrah — For other uses, see Sodom and Gomorrah (disambiguation). The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, John Martin, 1852. Sodom (Hebrew: סְדוֹם, Modern … Wikipedia
List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its … Wikipedia
Abraham — (). For Muslims, he is a prophet of Islam and the ancestor of Muhammad through his other son Ishmael born to him by his wife s servant, Hagar. Abraham is also a progenitor of the Semitic tribes of the Negev who trace their descent from their… … Wikipedia
Dead Sea — For the Brian Keene book of the same name, see Dead Sea (novel). Dead Sea A view from the Israeli side looking across to Jordan Coord … Wikipedia
Admah — (alt. Adama) earth, one of the Pentapolis of the Vale of Siddim (Gen. 10:19). It was destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah (19:24; Deut. 29:23). It is supposed by some to be the same as the Adam of Josh. 3:16, the name of which still lingers in … Wikipedia
