1. Bera-- a king of Sodom 1297, 1298.Bera

2. What warning example is provided by Sodom and Gomorrah?

3. Gomorrah, or belike, one of the missing murderers from Sodom. "

4. Lot was “greatly distressed” because of the depravity of Sodom.

5. If he clung to these, he would be destroyed with Sodom.

6. Unlike Sodom and Gomorrah, Judah will not be forever uninhabited

7. the Apostles'road to Gomorrah... or the unhallowed alleyway to Sodom?

8. Lot subsequently chose for himself the verdant area of Sodom and Gomorrah.

9. (Genesis 13:11, 12) Sodom was prosperous and offered many material benefits.

10. What was the outlook of the inhabitants of Sodom in Lot’s day?

11. Abram himself made similar reference to God when addressing the king of Sodom.

12. For instance, Lot was “greatly distressed” by the wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah.

13. When two of God’s angels arrived in Sodom, Lot showed them hospitality.

14. “Then Jehovah made it rain sulphur and fire . . . upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah.” —Gen.

15. Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

16. In the case of Sodom and Gomorrah, Jehovah acted only after verifying the facts.

17. Now you've got to picture Aunt Zip at 105 years old in Sodom, North Carolina.

18. (b) What was Lot’s reaction to the loose conduct of people in Sodom?

19. 19 The pedlar insisted on selling the apple of Sodom to the tourists.

20. The angels urging Lot to leave Sodom were not prepared to wait while Lot delayed.

21. He knew that Abraham’s nephew Lot lived in Sodom, and Abraham was concerned about his safety.

22. 9 However, the deliverance was not yet complete when they got away from Sodom.

23. Lot chose the fertile district of the Jordan River and settled near the city of Sodom.

24. Perhaps Abraham was worried about his nephew Lot and his family, who were then living in Sodom.

25. He did not ignore “the cry of complaint” about Sodom and Gomorrah but destroyed those wicked cities.

26. Then Jehovah made it rain sulphur and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens, upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah.

27. He allowed Abraham to plead with him at length concerning the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

28. The city of Sodom, where Lot and his family lived, was materially prosperous but morally bankrupt.

29. Along the southwestern side of the lake is a 210 m (700 ft) tall halite formation called "Mount Sodom".

30. When they arrived at the city called Zoar, Jehovah made it rain fire and sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah.

31. He mercifully sent two angels who led Lot, his wife, and their two daughters out of Sodom.

32. By this means, Jehovah told Abraham that He had heard a loud “cry of complaint about Sodom and Gomorrah.”

33. “Then the victors took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food and went on their way.

34. They were tyrannical bullies, and the sin of their lustful fathers is likened to the perversions of Sodom and Gomorrah.

35. God then made it rain fire and sulfur on Sodom and the nearby wicked city Gomorrah, destroying all their inhabitants.

36. But on the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed them all.

37. But on the day that Lot came out of Sodom it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed them all.

38. The first track, "Sodom, Gomorrah, Washington D.C. (Sheep In Shepherd's Clothing)", was released on the band's MySpace page prior to the album.

39. When Jehovah heard “the cry of complaint about Sodom and Gomorrah,” he did not immediately destroy those cities and all their inhabitants.

40. Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha.

41. Even the shameless and unrepentant expressions on their faces expose their sins, which are as disgusting as those of Sodom.

42. But on the day that Lot came out of Sodom it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed them all.”

43. What if you had lived in Sodom, near the Dead Sea, in the days of the man Lot, a nephew of Abraham?

44. Jehovah had told Abraham: “The cry of complaint about Sodom and Gomorrah, yes, it is loud, and their sin, yes, it is very heavy.”

45. Do we feel as did Lot, who was “greatly distressed,” even tormented, by the lawless deeds of the people of Sodom, among whom he lived?

46. It was only when righteous Lot and his daughters arrived safely at the city of Zoar that Jehovah “made it rain sulphur and fire” upon Sodom.

47. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!" WEB

48. When a valid “cry of complaint” went up to Jehovah concerning Sodom and Gomorrah, he took steps to deal with the disgraceful situation in those decadent cities.

49. He said that they would be comparable to those preceding the Flood in Noah’s day and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in the days of Lot.

50. The Bible account says that Lot was “greatly distressed by the indulgence of the law-defying people in loose conduct” in the city of Sodom.

51. The global Flood in the days of the patriarch Noah and the destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah during the days of Lot are two examples.

52. Today the modern counterparts of Babylon, Sodom, and Gomorrah are alluringly and explicitly displayed on television, the Internet, in movies, books, magazines, and places of entertainment.

53. He was spared because he was righteous in God’s eyes and was greatly distressed by the loose conduct of the law-defying people of Sodom and Gomorrah.

54. When Jehovah told Abraham of His decision to investigate conditions in Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham feared for the safety of any righteous people living there, including his nephew Lot.

55. Though others did not take the warning seriously, on the day that Lot came out of Sodom, “it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed them all.” —Luke 17:28, 29.

56. 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

57. Also, just as Isaiah had said aforetime: ‘Unless Jehovah of armies had left a seed to us, we should have become just like Sodom, and we should have been made just like Gomorrah.’”

58. In popular culture Edit In the Israel film Zohi Sdom , roughly based upon the Biblical tale of Sodom and Gomorrah , King Bera is portrayed by actor Eli Finish as the corrupt dictator of the city.

59. Jehovah had foretold: “Moab herself will become just like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, a place possessed by nettles, and a salt pit, and a desolate waste, even to time indefinite.”

60. 6 When the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah showed themselves to be grossly depraved sinners, by abusing the blessings that they, as part of mankind, were enjoying at Jehovah’s hand, he decreed that the inhabitants should be destroyed.

61. Genesis 14:8 - And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out; and they Arrayed for battle against them in …

62. Thus, when a loud “cry of complaint” reached his ears regarding Sodom and Gomorrah, Jehovah stated: “I am quite determined to go down that I may see whether they act altogether according to the outcry over it that has come to me.”

63. Quoting from the Septuagint version, he wrote: “Just as Isaiah had said aforetime: ‘Unless Jehovah of armies had left a seed to us, we should have become just like Sodom, and we should have been made just like Gomorrah.’” —Romans 9:29.

64. Abraham, when he rescued Lot from Chedorlaomer’s forces, refused to accept from the king of Sodom any of the spoil for himself, so that no one could say that he, not Jehovah, had made Abraham rich. —Ge 14:1-24; Heb 7:4.

65. ‘All its land is Brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’ Psalm 11:6

66. (2 Peter 2:7) As indicated by the use of the Greek term from which that expression is translated, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah indulged in wrongdoing in a manner that displayed brazen disrespect, even contempt, for law and authority.

67. God spares sometimes, ob Cohabitationem, for good neighbourhood ; he will not bring the fire near a good man's house : as here, in our text, he would have done in Sodom, and as he did save many, only because they were in the same ship with St

68. Complaining » Who are complainers Jude 1:7-16 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

69. It was an Angel who found Agar in the wilderness ; Angels drew Lot out of Sodom; an Angel announces to Gideon that he is to save his people; an Angel foretells the birth of Samson , and the Angel Gabriel instructs Daniel (Daniel 8:16), though he is not called an Angel in …

70. There's only one Bera in the Bible and he is the king of Sodom, featured in the War of Four Against Five Kings (Genesis 14).Bera is one of the coalition of five kings who arise against kings Amraphel, Arioch, Chedorlaomer and Tidal.The fight takes place in the valley of Siddim and ends poorly for the five

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72. Genesis 19:4 View whole chapter See verse in context But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, Compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: Deuteronomy 2:1 View whole chapter See verse in context Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we Compassed