Bible Cities: Sodom
Ancient Sodom

Sodom in Easton's Bible Dictionary
burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim (Gen.
13:10;
14:1-16). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought
down upon it
fire from heaven, by which it was destroyed (18:16-
33; 19:1-29;
Deut. 23:17). This city and its awful destruction
are frequently
alluded to in Scripture (Deut. 29:23; 32:32; Isa.
1:9, 10; 3:9;
13:19; Jer. 23:14; Ezek. 16:46-56; Zeph. 2:9; Matt.
10:15; Rom.
9:29; 2 Pet. 2:6, etc.). No trace of it or of the
other cities
of the plain has been discovered, so complete was
their
destruction. Just opposite the site of Zoar, on the
south-west
coast of the Dead Sea, is a range of low hills,
forming a mass
of mineral salt called Jebel Usdum, "the hill of
Sodom." It has
been concluded, from this and from other
considerations, that
the cities of the plain stood at the southern end of
the Dead
Sea. Others, however, with much greater probability,
contend
that they stood at the northern end of the sea. [in
1897].
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Sodom in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Chief of the group Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboim, and Bela
or Zoar (Genesis 10:19; Genesis 13:3; Genesis 13:10-13;
Genesis 13:19; Luke 17:29; 2 Peter 2:6; Judges 1:4-7; Mark
6:11; Matthew 10:15; Deuteronomy 29:23). (See GOMORRAH.)
Palmer and Drake traversing the Negeb in a S.E. direction,
as far as Mount Hor, made a detour to jebel ("mount")
Madherah. At its summit and base are blocks of stone, of
which the Arabs say: "a people once dwelt there, to whom
travelers came seeking hospitality; but the people did to
them a horrible deed, wherefore the Almighty in anger rained
down stones, and destroyed them from off the face of the
earth." Sodom is interpreted "burning" or else "vineyard"
(Gesenius), "fortification" (Furst).
Abraham could see the smoke of the burning cities
from near Hebron. The Lord over night announced to him
Sodom's doom, at some spot on the way from Mamre or Hebron
toward Sodom, to which he had accompanied the angels
(Genesis 18:16). Tradition says the spot was Caphar Berucha,
from which the Dead Sea is visible through a ravine. Long
ranges of hills intervene between Hebron and Sodom, but from
the hill over Hebron or Mamre through a gap in the chain the
whole district of the Jordan valley is visible. Lot at first
pitched only towards Sodom, not until afterward did he go
further south to Sodom itself (Genesis 13:12; Genesis 14:12;
and Genesis 14:3 says expressly the vale of Siddim is the
Salt Sea). This favors the S. of the Dead Sea site for
Sodom, etc., which the traditional names confirm.
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Sodom in Hitchcock's Bible Names
their secret; their cement
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Sodom in Naves Topical Bible
Also called SODOMA
-Situated on the plain of the Jordan River
Ge 13:10
-The southeastern limit of the Canaanites
Ge 10:19
-Lot lived in
Ge 13:12
-King of, joins other kings of the nations resisting the
invasion of Chedorlaomer
Ge 14:1-12
-Wickedness of the inhabitants of
Ge 13:13; 19:4-13; De 32:32; Isa 3:9; Jer 23:14; La
4:6;
Eze 16:46,48,49; Jude 1:7
-Abraham's intercession for
Ge 18:16-33
-Destroyed on account of the wickedness of the people
Ge 19:1-29; De 29:23; Isa 13:19; Jer 49:18; 50:40;
La 4:6;
Am 4:11; Zep 2:9; Mt 10:15; Lu 17:29; Ro 9:29; 2Pe
2:6
-FIGURATIVE
Of wickedness
De 23:17; 32:32; Isa 1:10; Eze 16:46-56
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Sodom in Smiths Bible Dictionary
(burning), one of the most ancient cities of Syria. It is
commonly mentioned in connection with Gomorrah, but also
with Admah and Zeboim, and on one occasion -- Ge 14:1 ... --
with Bela or Zoar. Sodom was evidently the chief town in the
settlement. The four are first named in the ethnological
records of Ge 10:19 as belonging to the Canaanites. The next
mention of the name of Sodom, Ge 13:10-13 gives more certain
indication of the position of the city. Abram and Lot are
standing together between Bethel and Ai, ver. 3, taking a
survey of the land around and below them. Eastward of them,
and absolutely at their feet, lay the "circle of Jordan."
The whole circle was one great oasis --"a garden of
Jehovah." ver. 10. In the midst of the garden the four
cities of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim appear to have
been situated. It is necessary to notice how absolutely the
cities are identified with the district. In the subsequent
account of their destruction, Ge 19:1 ... the topographical
terms are employed with all the precision which is
characteristic of such early times. The mention of the
Jordan is conclusive as to the situation of the district,
for the Jordan ceases where it enters the Dead Sea, and can
have no existence south of that point. The catastrophe by
which they were destroyed is described in Ge 19:1 ... as a
shower of brimstone and fire from Jehovah. However we may
interpret the words of the earliest narrative, one thing is
certain --that the lake was not one of the agents in the
catastrophe. From all these passages, though much is
obscure, two things seem clear:
1. That Sodom and the rest of the cities of the
plain of Jordan stood on the north of the Dead Sea;
2. That neither the cities nor the district were
submerged by the lake, but that the cities were overthrown
and the land spoiled, and that it may still be seen in its
desolate condition. When, however, we turn to more modern
views, we discover a remarkable variance from these
conclusions.
1. The opinion long current that the five cities
were submerged in the lake, and that their remains--walls,
columns and capitals--might he still discerned below the
water, hardly needs refutation after the distinct statement
and the constant implication of Scripture. But,
2. A more serious departure from the terms of the
ancient history is exhibited in the prevalent opinion that
the cities stood at the south end of the lake. This appears
to, have been the belief of Josephus and Jerome. It seems to
have been universally held by the medieval historians and
pilgrims, and it is adopted by modern topographers probably
without exception. There are several grounds for this
belief; but the main point on...
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Sodom in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE
sod'-um (cedhom; Sodoma) One of the 5 CITIES OF THE PLAIN
(which see), destroyed by fire from heaven in the time of
Abraham and Lot (Gen 19:24). The wickedness of the city became
proverbial. The sin of sodomy was an offense against nature
frequently connected with idolatrous practices (see Rawlinson,
History of Phoenicia). See SODOMITE. The fate of Sodom and
Gomorrah is used as a warning to those who reject the gospel
(Mt 10:15; 11:24; 2 Pet 2:6; Jude 1:7). The word is used in a
typical sense in Rev 11:8. Sodom was probably located in plain
South of the Dead Sea, now covered with water. The name is
still preserved in Jebel Usdum (Mt. Sodom).
See ARABAH; CITIES OF THE PLAIN; DEAD SEA.
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Sodom Scripture - Deuteronomy 32:32
For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of
Gomorrah: their grapes [are] grapes of gall, their clusters
[are] bitter:
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Sodom Scripture - Ezekiel 16:46
And thine elder sister [is] Samaria, she and her daughters
that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that
dwelleth at thy right hand, [is] Sodom and her daughters.
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Sodom Scripture - Ezekiel 16:48
[As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not
done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy
daughters.
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Sodom Scripture - Ezekiel 16:53
When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of
Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her
daughters, then [will I bring again] the captivity of thy
captives in the midst of them:
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Sodom Scripture - Ezekiel 16:55
When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to
their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall
return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters
shall return to your former estate.
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Sodom Scripture - Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou
comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and
Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
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Sodom Scripture - Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of
Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before the
LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of the
LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
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Sodom Scripture - Genesis 14:2
[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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Sodom Scripture - Genesis 14:8
And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of
Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and
the king of Bela (the same [is] Zoar;) and they joined battle
with them in the vale of Siddim;
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Sodom Scripture - Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore [as] I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of
Ammon as Gomorrah, [even] the breeding of nettles, and
saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people
shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess
them.
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