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Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and some fell there. Those who remained fled to the hills.
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Verse 10. Of slime. Bituminis. This was a kind of pitch, which served for mortar in the building of Babel, Genesis 11:3 and was used by Noe in pitching the ark. Challoner.—Moses does not make this remark without reason. This bitumen would easily take fire, and contribute to the conflagration of Sodom. Calmet.—Overthrown, not all slain, for the king of Sodom escaped. verse 17.
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