Zoar

      Zoar

      meaning: little; small

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    Dictionary Summary: Small, a town on the east or south-east of the Dead Sea, to which Lot and his daughters fled from Sodom ([Gen. 19:22](/gen#Gen.19.22), [23](/gen#Gen.19.23)). It was originally called Bela (14:2, 8). It is referred to by the prophets Isaiah (15:5) and Jeremiah (48:34). Its ruins are still seen at the opening of the ravine of Kerak, the Kir-Moab referred to in [2 Kings 3](/2kgs#2Kgs.3), the modern Tell esh-Shaghur. 2

    Cross References
    BookCross-References
    Gen
      13.10 14.2 14.8 19.22 19.23 19.30 
    Deut
      34.3 
    Isa
      15.5 
    Jer
      48.34 

    Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

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        Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.