Son of wickedness, a king of Gomorrah whom Abraham succoured in the invasion of Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:2).
Birsha
Five kings, one of them named Birsha, ruled the cities of the plain around Sodom and Gomorrah. Genesis 14 says he was king of Gomorrah, and that his people “served Chedorlaomer” for twelve years before they rebelled. When Chedorlaomer and his allies came to put down the revolt, the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah went out to meet them, and they fled and fell in the slime pits of the Valley of Siddim (Genesis 14:10). That is all the Bible tells us of Birsha: a minor ruler caught in a regional war, and soon part of the background to Abram’s rescue of his nephew Lot.
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Genesis
Genesis 14:2
That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
Genesis 14:3
All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
Genesis 14:4
Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Genesis 14:5
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
Genesis 14:6
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
Genesis 14:7
And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
Genesis 14:8
And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela(the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
Genesis 14:9
With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
Genesis 14:10
And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
(son of godlessness), a king of Gomorrah. (Genesis 14:2)