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OET (OET-RV) Those latter five kings joined forces in the Siddim valley (also known as the Salt Sea valley).
OET-LV All these they_joined_together to the_valley the_Siddim that [is]_the_Sea the_salt.
UHB כָּל־אֵ֨לֶּה֙ חָֽבְר֔וּ אֶל־עֵ֖מֶק הַשִּׂדִּ֑ים ה֖וּא יָ֥ם הַמֶּֽלַח׃ ‡
(kāl-ʼēlleh ḩāⱱərū ʼel-ˊēmeq hassiddim hūʼ yām hammelaḩ.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Πάντες οὗτοι συνεφώνησαν ἐπὶ τὴν φάραγγα τὴν ἁλυκήν· αὕτη ἡ θάλασσα τῶν ἁλῶν.
(Pantes houtoi sunefōnaʸsan epi taʸn faranga taʸn halukaʸn; hautaʸ haʸ thalassa tōn halōn. )
BrTr All these [fn]met with one consent at the salt valley; this is now the sea of salt.
14:3 Gr. agreed.
ULT All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim, which is now the Sea of Salt.
UST Those five kings all united their armies as allies and fought against the four kings in the Siddim Valley, where the Salt Sea is now.
BSB § The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea [fn]).
14:3 That is, the Dead Sea
OEB All these joined forces together in the valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea).
WEBBE All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (also called the Salt Sea).
WMBB (Same as above)
NET These last five kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
LSV All these have been joined together to the Valley of Siddim, which [is] the Salt Sea;
FBV All these in the second group[fn] joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (the Dead Sea valley).
14:3 “In the second group” supplied for clarity.
T4T Those five kings and their armies gathered together in Siddim Valley, which is also called the Dead Sea Valley, to fight against the four kings and their armies. King Chedorlaomer and his army conquered the armies of those five kings, and demanded that those kings pay him tribute money each year.
LEB All these joined forces at the valley of Siddim (that is, the sea of the salt).
BBE All these came together in the valley of Siddim (which is the Salt Sea).
Moff No Moff GEN book available
JPS All these came as allies unto the vale of Siddim — the same is the Salt Sea.
ASV All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).
DRA All these came together into the woodland vale, which now is the salt sea.
YLT All these have been joined together unto the valley of Siddim, which [is] the Salt Sea;
Drby All these were joined in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
RV All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).
Wbstr All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
KJB-1769 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
KJB-1611 All these were ioyned together in the vale of Siddim; which is the salt Sea.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
Bshps All these were ioyned together in the vale of Siddim, where nowe the salt sea is.
(All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, where now the salt sea is.)
Gnva All these ioyned together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt Sea.
(All these joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt Sea. )
Cvdl These came all together in to the brode valley, where now the salt see is:
Wycl Alle these camen togidre in to the valey of wode, which is now the see of salt.
(All these came together in to the valley of wode, which is now the sea of salt.)
Luth Diese kamen alle zusammen in das Tal Siddim, da nun das Salzmeer ist.
(This/These came all together in the Tal Siddim, there now the Salzmeer is.)
ClVg Omnes hi convenerunt in vallem Silvestrem, quæ nunc est mare salis.
(All_of_them hi convenerunt in vallem Silvestrem, which now it_is the_sea salis. )
14:1-16 In this skirmish typical of ancient politics, powerful kings formed a coalition to subjugate smaller vassal states.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
כָּל אֵ֨לֶּה֙
all/each/any/every these
Consider whether it is necessary to make it explicit in your translation that these refers to the five kings just mentioned in verse 2. Alternate translation: “These five kings all”
חָֽבְר֔וּ
joined_forces
Alternate translation: “combined their forces as partners and fought against the four kings”
ה֖וּא יָ֥ם הַמֶּֽלַח
he/it sea the,salt
The Hebrew word for “sea/ocean” can also refer to a large lake. The Salt Sea, also known as the Dead Sea, is about 31 miles (50 kilometers) long and 9 miles (15 kilometers) wide. Use a term in your language for a body of water that size. Alternate translation: “which later became the Salt Sea.”