King James Version
What Does Genesis 19:25 Mean?
“And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.”
Context
23
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. risen: Heb. gone forth
24
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
25
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(25) **Overthrew.**—This does not mean *submerged, *and the agent in the destruction was fire and not water. “The plain” (Heb., *the Ciccar*) still existed, and when Abraham saw it, was wrapped in smoke.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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