All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
The vale of Siddim was the meeting place where five kings of Canaan joined their forces together to face Chedorlaomer king of Elam and his four allied kings in battle. Fourteen years before, Chedorlaomer had invaded Canaan and made it tributary, and when several princes revolted he marched into the country again with his allies to reduce them to submission. In the vale the five kings were completely overthrown, a large part of their army was cut to pieces, and those who escaped fled to the mountains for safety. The victors then plundered the cities of the plain and departed with rich spoil and many captives, among whom were Lot and his family, which caused Abraham to arm his servants and pursue them for rescue.
That pursuit led to Abraham's rescue of the captives from the Elamites, and his victory over a much stronger force showed the people of Sodom that divine power had made him conqueror. His conduct after the battle was marked by unselfish treatment of the prisoners and the spoil. By that unselfishness he displayed before them the superiority of the faith he honored.
The vale of Siddim was the meeting place where five kings of Canaan joined their forces together to face Chedorlaomer king of Elam and his four allied kings in battle. Fourteen years before, Chedorlaomer had invaded Canaan and made it tributary, and when several princes revolted he marched into the country again with his allies to reduce them to submission. In the vale the five kings were completely overthrown, a large part of their army was cut to pieces, and those who escaped fled to the mountains for safety. The victors then plundered the cities of the plain and departed with rich spoil and many captives, among whom were Lot and his family, which caused Abraham to arm his servants and pursue them for rescue.
That pursuit led to Abraham's rescue of the captives from the Elamites, and his victory over a much stronger force showed the people of Sodom that divine power had made him conqueror. His conduct after the battle was marked by unselfish treatment of the prisoners and the spoil. By that unselfishness he displayed before them the superiority of the faith he honored.