Zoar

Also called: Bela

Name means “little; small”Explained in Genesis 19:20-22 · Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Zoar, little; small”

First named: Genesis 13:10

Town Canaan Israel Patriarchal

Location uncertain: Traditionally placed near the Dead Sea's southeastern shore, but not confidently located.

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The small town Lot fled to for refuge when Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed, spared at his request because of its smallness (Genesis 19:20-23) — before Lot left it too, fearful, for a cave in the nearby hills.

References: Genesis 13:10; Genesis 19:20-23

People connected to Zoar

Ammon (M) — conceived by Lot's younger daughter in the hills above this town
Genesis 19:30-38
Lot (M) — fled here from Sodom, then went up in fear to the hills nearby
Genesis 19:20-30
Moab (M) — conceived by Lot's older daughter in the hills above this town
Genesis 19:30-37

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