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# Now
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-10-11 17:27:35 +00:00
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This word introduces background information about the valley of Siddim.
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# was full of tar pits
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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"had many tar pits." These were holes in the ground that had tar in them.
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# tar
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-10-11 17:27:35 +00:00
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a thick, sticky, black liquid that comes up from the ground.
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-12-07 06:38:15 +00:00
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# the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-10-11 17:27:35 +00:00
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the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and their armies"
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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# they fell in there
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2023-10-11 17:27:35 +00:00
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Possible meanings are 1) some of their soldiers fell in the tar pits or 2) the kings themselves fell in the tar pits.
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# Those who were left
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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"Those who did not die in battle and did not fall in the pits"
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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