Genesis 14:3
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The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
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Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”
the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.