Genesis 19:25
“And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
But his wife looked back from behind him,.... That is, the wife of Lot, whose name the Jewish writers (x) say was Adith,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 19:1-38
- The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah 9. גשׁ־<הלאה gesh-hāl'âh, “approach to a distant point,” stand back. 11. סנורים…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain - This forms what is called the lake Asphaltites, Dead Sea, or Salt…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 19:24-25
Then, when Lot had got safely into Zoar, then this ruin came; for good men are taken away from the evil to come. Then,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
and he overthrew The word used is the one regularly employed elsewhere in the O.T. where the overthrow of the cities is…