SHAVEH, VALLEY OF (shā’ və), a plain or valley subsequently termed “the king’s vale,” near to Salem. There the king of Sodom met Abraham after the defeat of Chedorlaomer (Gen 14:17, 18). Here too, Absalom raised a memorial pillar (2 Sam 18:18). According to Josephus this stood about a quarter of a mile from Jerusalem, that is, prob. the broad upper sector of the valley of Hinnon, which then narrows into a ravine in its lower sector. However, with only slight consonantal change the word may not mean a plain or vale, but “king,” rendering the topographical location obscure.