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[[File:Pieter Schoubroeck - De verwoesting van Sodom en Gomorra.jpg|thumb|right|Destruction of the city of Gomorrah]] | [[File:Pieter Schoubroeck - De verwoesting van Sodom en Gomorra.jpg|thumb|right|Destruction of the city of Gomorrah]] | ||
| − | '''Gomorrah''' was an ancient city located in the [[Middle East|Holy Lands]]. It was considered by [[bible]] scholars to be the sister city of another populated area known as [[Sodom]]. Both cities were destroyed by [[God]] according the Book of [[Genesis]] in the Bible. According the [[Bible]], God rained burning hot lava onto the city from the sky, and killed all of the inhabitants because of their [[sin]]. Those who were found to be righteous, [[Lot]] and his family, were told to flee before the city was destroyed and to not look back. Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of [[salt]]. | + | '''Gomorrah''' was an ancient city located in the [[Middle East|Holy Lands]]. It was considered by [[bible]] scholars to be the sister city of another populated area known as [[Sodom]]. Both cities were destroyed by [[God]] according the Book of [[Genesis]] in the Bible. According to the [[Bible]], God rained burning hot lava onto the city from the sky, and killed all of the inhabitants because of their [[sin]].<ref>[http://biblehub.com/genesis/19-24.htm Genesis 19:24]</ref> Those who were found to be righteous, [[Lot]] and his family, were told to flee before the city was destroyed and to not look back. Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of [[salt]]. |
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Revision as of 20:19, May 10, 2017
Gomorrah was an ancient city located in the Holy Lands. It was considered by bible scholars to be the sister city of another populated area known as Sodom. Both cities were destroyed by God according the Book of Genesis in the Bible. According to the Bible, God rained burning hot lava onto the city from the sky, and killed all of the inhabitants because of their sin.[1] Those who were found to be righteous, Lot and his family, were told to flee before the city was destroyed and to not look back. Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt.
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