Bible Location
Meaning: little; small · 9 cross references · Modern-day map available
Zoar was the small town to which Lot fled during the destruction of the cities of the plain. It is important because it appears as the place of escape in the Sodom narrative and remains a marker in later prophetic geography around the Dead Sea region. First appears in Gen 13:10.1
Place meaning
little; small
Coordinates
30.93, 35.42
First appears
Gen 13:10
AI summary: Zoar's significance comes from being the place spared in the midst of catastrophe. In Genesis it is the refuge Lot requests and reaches when Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed, making it a point of survival on the edge of judgment. Later prophetic references keep the name alive within the geography of Moab and the Dead Sea region. The cross references present Zoar as a small but memorable place of escape and orientation in the southern-eastern landscape.1
Place meaning
little; small
Latitude
30.93
Longitude
35.42
Bible references
9
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, 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, the modern Tell esh-Shaghur. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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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.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
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.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.