Bible Location
2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Bela is the earlier name for Zoar, the city spared during the destruction of the plain. It is important because it preserves the older identity of the refuge city associated with Lot. First appears in Gen 14:2.1
Coordinates
30.93, 35.42
First appears
Gen 14:2
AI summary: Bela matters because it is the spared city-name within the destruction traditions of the plain. Its identity as Zoar connects it to mercy amid judgment and to Lot's desperate escape. The cross references present Bela as the older name of the city preserved when the others fell.1
Latitude
30.93
Longitude
35.42
Bible references
2
A city on the shore of the Dead Sea, not far from Sodom, called also Zoar. It was the only one of the five cities that was spared at Lot’s intercession (Gen. 19:20, 23). It is first mentioned in Gen. 14:2, 8. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.
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.