Sodom

Name means “their secret; their cement”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Sodom, their secret; their cement”

First named: Genesis 10:19

City Canaan Israel Patriarchal

Disputed identification: Likely located near the Dead Sea, possibly beneath its southern basin, but no site is confidently confirmed.

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A city of the plain notorious for wickedness, destroyed by fire and sulfur from heaven after Abraham's intercession failed to find even ten righteous people there; Lot and his daughters escaped, though his wife looked back and was turned to a pillar of salt (Genesis 18:16-19:29).

References: Genesis 10:19

People connected to Sodom

Bera (M) — king of this city, defeated in the war of the four kings and met by Abram afterward
Genesis 14:2; Genesis 14:17-21
Lot (M) — chose to settle in this city, and was dragged out by angels the night it was destroyed
Genesis 13:12; Genesis 19:15-16

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