Plain of the Jordan (near the Dead Sea) · both · 24 verses
Gomorrah was a city of the plain near the Dead Sea, named alongside Sodom. It shared in the same judgment. The name appears in Genesis, Deuteronomy, Isaiah and 8 more in the King James text.
About Gomorrah
Gomorrah was a city of the plain near the Dead Sea, named alongside Sodom. It shared in the same judgment.
Its place in the story
Gomorrah was overthrown together with Sodom when God rained fire on the cities of the plain for their wickedness. The two cities are joined in Scripture as a byword for sin and the judgment it brings.
Gomorrah in Scripture (KJV)
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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;”
Gomorrah was a city of the plain near the Dead Sea, named alongside Sodom. It shared in the same judgment. The name appears in Genesis, Deuteronomy, Isaiah and 8 more in the King James text.
What happened at Gomorrah?
Gomorrah was overthrown together with Sodom when God rained fire on the cities of the plain for their wickedness. The two cities are joined in Scripture as a byword for sin and the judgment it brings.