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that they 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 (the same is Zoar).
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A Clash of Kings
This verse sets the stage for a major regional conflict. Commentators explain it wasn't a simple raid, but a war between two confederacies: four powerful invading kings from the east against a defensive league of five city-kings from the Jordan Valley, including Sodom and Gomorrah. This historical detail provides the context for Lot's capture and Abram's subsequent rescue mission.
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Bera king of Sodom. —The failure of the attempt to explain the names of these five kings, and of the cities over which they ruled …
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Reformed Baptist
[That these] made war with Bera king of Sodom A city in the plain of Jordan, which with the four following made the …
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The wars of nations feature prominently in history, but we would not have had the record of this particular war if Abram and Lot had not been invol…
