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Zoar
Town or city mentioned in 9 verses of the Bible, most often in Genesis.
Where it appears
Genesis (6), Deuteronomy (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)
Key verses
- Genesis 13:10 first mention — 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.
- Genesis 14:2 — 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.
- Genesis 14:8 — 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;
- Genesis 19:22 — Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Genesis 19:23 — The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
- Genesis 19:30 — And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
- Deuteronomy 34:3 — And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
- Isaiah 15:5 — My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
- Jeremiah 48:34 — From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
Nearby places
- Eglath-shelishiyah 0 km
- Euphrates 1 km
- Zered 1 km
- Valley of Salt 8 km
- Nimrim 11 km
- Horonaim 16 km
- Rehoboth 16 km
- Luhith 17 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. OpenBible.info rates this identification as uncertain; scholars propose other sites. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.