Bera
[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....
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(Heb.: ברע) is the king of Sodom (סדם) in Genesis 14. There
is no mention of this monarch outside this biblical passage,
and no trace of the city of Sodom has ever been found. In the
story, Bera joins other Canaanite city kings in rebelling
against Chedorlaomer, an Elamite king who rules a vast empire.
The huge imperial forces plunder Sodom, t...
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be'-ra (bera`, "gift"(?); compare HPN, 74 note): King of Sodom
(Gen 14:2) who in the battle of Siddim was subdued by
Chedorlaomer....
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(son of evil) king of Sodom. Ge 14:2 also Ge 14:17,21...
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gift, or son of evil, king of Sodom at the time of the
invasion
of the four kings under Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:2, 8,
17, 21)....
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