Template:Bibleref2c The Bible mentions that the cities were destroyed for their sins, haughtiness, egoism, and attempted rape. In Abrahamic religions, Sodom and Gomorrah have become synonymous with impenitent sin, and their fall with a proverbial manifestation of divine retribution. Neighboring Zoar (Bela) was the only city to be spared. Divine judgment was passed upon them and four of them were consumed by fire and brimstone. The plain was compared to the garden of Eden Template:Bibleref2c as being well-watered and green, suitable for grazing livestock. These five cities, also known as the "cities of the plain" (from Genesis in the King James Version), were situated on the Jordan River plain in the southern region of the land of Canaan. Īccording to the Torah, the kingdoms of Sodom and Gomorrah were allied with the cities of Admah, Zeboim, and Bela. ɡ ə ˈ m ɒr ə /) were two cities mentioned in the Book of Genesis and throughout the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and in the deuterocanonical books, as well as in the Quran and the Hadith. Sodom and Gomorrah afire by Jacob de Wet II, 1680 1680, oil on canvas - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC01149.jpg File:Sodom and Gomorrah afire, by Jacob Jacobsz.
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