Genesis 14:2

14:2 went to war ¹  against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). ² 

Genesis 14:8

14:8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and prepared for battle. In the Valley of Siddim they met ³ 

Genesis 14:17

14:17 After Abram ⁴  returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet Abram ⁵  in the Valley of Shaveh (known as the King’s Valley). ⁶ 

Genesis 14:21

14:21 Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.”

[14:2]  ¹ tn Heb “made war.”

[14:2]  ² sn On the geographical background of vv. 1-2 see J. P. Harland, “Sodom and Gomorrah,” The Biblical Archaeologist Reader, 1:41-75; and D. N. Freedman, “The Real Story of the Ebla Tablets, Ebla and the Cities of the Plain,” BA 41 (1978): 143-64.

[14:8]  ³ tn Heb “against.”

[14:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:17]  ⁷ sn The King’s Valley is possibly a reference to what came to be known later as the Kidron Valley.