John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 14:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And there went out the king of Sodom, etc.] With his armed men to meet the four kings, and give them battle, being so near him, and in so much danger from them, that if they could not stand their ground, they might flee to the mountains, and not perish in the city: and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the King of Zeboiim; whose names are before given, (<011402>Genesis 14:2): and the king of Bela, the same [is] Zoar: as in (<011402>Genesis 14:2): and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; where the five Canaanitish kings met, of which (see <011403>Genesis 14:3); and fought the four kings that were come forth against them, and whose names are repeated, and are as follow:

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