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Genesis 19:25 KJV
Genesis · chapter 19 · verse 25
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.Genesis 19:25 · King James Version
Genesis 19:25 in context
23The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
25And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
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Key words (Strong's)
- inhabitantsyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- overthrewhâphakto turn about or overH2015 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- plainkikkâra circleH3603 →
- grewtsemacha sprout , literal or figurativeH6780 →
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Then, when Lot had got safely into Zoar, then this ruin came; for good men are taken away from the evil to come. Then, when the sun had risen bright and clear, promising a fair day, then this storm arose, to show that it was not from natural causes. Concerning this destruction observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-25