Genesis 14 · Verse 8

Genesis 14:8

And 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;
Genesis 14:8, King James Version

Genesis 14:8 in other translations

BSBThen the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim
WEBThe king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim
ASVAnd 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 set the battle in array against them in the vale of Siddim;
YLTAnd the king of Sodom goeth out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar; and they set the battle in array with them in the valley of Siddim,
DARBYAnd the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar, went out, and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim,
BBEAnd the king of Sodom with the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is Zoar), went out, and put their forces in position in the valley of Siddim,
WebsterAnd 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;

What does Genesis 14:8 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Bela, the same is Zoar - That is, it was called Zoar after the destruction of Sodom, etc., mentioned in Genesis 19.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 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…

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Genesis 14:8 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֵּצֵ֨אvai.ye.Tze'and he went outH3318
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
סְדֹ֜םse.DomSodomH5467
וּמֶ֣לֶךְu.Me.lekhand [the] king ofH4428
עֲמֹרָ֗ה'a.mo.RahGomorrahH6017
וּמֶ֤לֶךְu.Me.lekhand [the] king ofH4428
אַדְמָה֙'ad.MahAdmahH126
וּמֶ֣לֶךְu.Me.lekhand [the] king ofH4428
צְבוֹיִ֔םtze.vo.yimZeboiimH6636
וּמֶ֥לֶךְu.Me.lekhand [the] king ofH4428
בֶּ֖לַעBe.la'BelaH1106
הִוא\־hi'-thatH1931
צֹ֑עַרTzo.'ar[is] ZoarH6820
וַיַּֽעַרְכ֤וּvai.ya.'ar.Khuand they deployedH6186
אִתָּם֙'i.Tamwith themH854
מִלְחָמָ֔הmil.cha.MahbattleH4421
בְּעֵ֖מֶקbe.'E.mekin [the] valley ofH6010
הַשִּׂדִּֽים\׃ha.si.Dim<the> SiddimH7708

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 14:8

  • Genesis 19:22

    Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

  • Genesis 19:20

    Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

  • Genesis 13:10

    And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

  • Genesis 14:10

    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 14:2-3

    That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

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2; 13:10; 19:20,22
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Context

  • Genesis 14:7

    And they returned, and came to En–mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon–tamar.

  • Genesis 14:8

    And 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;

  • Genesis 14:9

    With 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.

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Genesis 14:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y salió el rey de Sodoma, y el rey de Gomorra, y el rey de Adma, y el rey de Zeboim, y el rey de Bela, que es Zoar, y ordenaron contra ellos batalla en el valle de Siddim;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le roi de Sodome, et le roi de Gomorrhe, et le roi d’Adma, et le roi de Tseboïm, et le roi de Béla, qui est Tsoar, sortirent et se rangèrent en bataille contre eux dans la vallée de Siddim,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es zogen aus der König von Sodom und der König von Gomorra und der König von Adama und der König von Zeboim und der König von Bela, das ist Zoar; und sie stellten sich gegen sie in Schlachtordnung auf im Tale Siddim:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et egressi sunt rex Sodomorum, et rex Gomorrhæ, rexque Adamæ, et rex Seboim, necnon et rex Balæ, quæ est Segor: et direxerunt aciem contra eos in valle Silvestri: