Submersion, one of the five cities of the plain of Siddim (q.v.) which were destroyed by fire (Gen. 10:19; 13:10; 19:24, 28). These cities probably stood close together, and were near the northern extremity of what is now the Dead Sea. This city is always mentioned next after Sodom, both of which were types of impiety and wickedness (Gen. 18:20; Rom. 9:29). Their destruction is mentioned as an “ensample unto those that after should live ungodly” (2 Pet. 2:6; Jude 1:4-7). Their wickedness became proverbial (Deut. 32:32; Isa. 1:9, 10; Jer. 23:14). But that wickedness may be exceeded (Matt. 10:15; Mark 6:11).
Appears in
- Genesis 10 (MENTIONS)
- Genesis 13 (MENTIONS)
- Genesis 14 (MENTIONS)
- Genesis 18 (MENTIONS)
- Genesis 19 (MENTIONS)
- Deuteronomy 29 (MENTIONS)
- Deuteronomy 32 (MENTIONS)
- Isaiah 1 (MENTIONS)
- Isaiah 13 (MENTIONS)
- Jeremiah 23 (MENTIONS)
- Jeremiah 49 (MENTIONS)
- Jeremiah 50 (MENTIONS)
- Amos 4 (MENTIONS)
- Zephaniah 2 (MENTIONS)
- Matthew 10 (MENTIONS)
- Mark 6 (MENTIONS)
- Romans 9 (MENTIONS)
- 2 Peter 2 (MENTIONS)
- Jude 1 (MENTIONS)