Shinab was the king of Admah, one of the five cities on the Jordan Plain. He was among the kings who rebelled against King Chedorlaomer of Elam after twelve years of subjugation and took part in the battle in the Valley of Siddim. He is mentioned in connection with Abraham's rescue mission for Lot.
Nyckelhändelser
Alliance against Chedorlaomer
Shinar was one of five kings on the Jordan Plain who had been subject to King Chedorlaomer for twelve years but rebelled in the thirteenth year.
2these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, that is, Zoar.
Shinar and the four allied kings fought against Chedorlaomer and his allies in the Valley of Siddim, which was full of tar pits. They were defeated and fled.
8Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, that is, Zoar, marched out and drew up their battle lines against them in the Valley of Siddim—
10Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, while the rest escaped to the hills.
Abraham gathered 318 men, pursued Chedorlaomer's forces, defeated them, and brought back all the goods, along with Lot and the other captives. This directly impacted Shinar's kingdom.
14When Abram heard that his kinsman had been taken captive, he mustered his trained men, born in his household, three hundred eighteen of them, and pursued as far as Dan.
Admah, the city over which Shinar ruled, was later destroyed together with Sodom and Gomorrah because of the wickedness of its inhabitants. This event is mentioned as a warning in later biblical texts.
8How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah, or make you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.