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Zoara is a Roman Catholic titular see of Palestina Tertia . Zoara, its location within Jordan It is the ancient Bala or Segor, one of the five cities of the Pentapolis in Genesis in the Tanakh or Old Testament , which escaped the thunder and lightning which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah , for having sheltered Lot and his family .¹ It is mentioned by Josephus ; Ptolemy (V, xvi, 4); and by Eusebius and Saint Jerome in the Onomasticon .² Zoar, meaning "small" or "insignificance" in Hebrew, was a city at the southeast end of the Dead Sea grouped with Sodom and Gomorra as being one of the 5 cities slated for destruction by God; but it was spared at Lot's plea as his place of refuge. The current location of this ancient city is indicated in the map hereby. Several excavation surveys have been conducted in this area in the years 1986-1996. Ruins of a Basilical church that were discovered in the site of Deir 'Ain 'Abata ("monastery at the Abata Spring" in Arabic), were identified as the Sanctuary of Agios (Saint) Lot. An adjacent cave is ascribed by Christians as the location where Lot and his daughter took refuge during the demolition of Sodom. About 300 engraved funerary steles in the Khirbet Sheikh 'Isa area in Ghor al-Safy were found in 1995. Most gravestones were inscribed in Greek and thus attributed to Christian burials, while several stones were inscribed in Aramaic, hinting that they belong to Jewish burials. These gravestones were therefore traced back to the 4th-5th centuries A.D., when Zoara was an important Jewish center. The Notitiae Dignitatum , 72, places at Zoara, as a garrison, the resident equites sagitarii indigenae ; Stephen of Byzantium (De urbibus, s.v. Addana) speaks also of its fort, which is mentioned in a Byzantine edit of the fifth century (Revue biblique, 1909, 99). In a Madaba Map , of the sixth century, it is represented in the midst of a grove of palm trees under the names of Balac or Segor , now Zoara; near the city is a sanctuary to St. Hierocles ( Synecdemus ) and George of Cyprus both mention it. Some bishops have been ascribed to Zoara; Musonius, at Ephesus (449), and at Chalcedon (451); Isidore in 518;and John in 536. . At the end of the fourth century one of its bishops accompanied the western pilgrim, wrongly named Silvia . The pseudo-Antonius in the sixth century describes its monks, and extols its palm trees (op. cit., 166, 181). Owing to its tropical climate and to the waters coming down from the mountains of Moab, Zoara is a flourishing oasis where the balsam, indigo, and date trees bloom luxuriantly. During the French occupation it took the name of Palmer, or of Paumier. William of Tyre (XXII, 30) and Foulcher of Chartres (Hist. hierosol., V) have left beautiful descriptions of it, as well as the Arabian geographers, who highly praise the sweetness of its dates . It is not known when the city disappeared; it is now very difficult to find any traces of it. Search may be made in the Ghor-es-Safieh at the mouth of Wadi el-Qrahy, the ancient torrent of Zared. Gen., xiv, 2, 8 Gen., xix, 22, 30 Ant. Geyer, Itinera hierosolymitana , 54 Guy Le Strange , Palestine under the Moslems , 289³

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Possible location of Zoara. Zoara , the biblical Zoar , previously called Bela ( Genesis 14:8 ), was one of the five ( Pentapolis ) cities of the plain of Jordan in Genesis . It was spared the "brimstone and fire" which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah in order to provide a refuge for Lot and his daughters. It is mentioned by Josephus ; Ptolemy (V, xvi, 4); and by Eusebius and Saint Jerome in the Onomasticon .

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Possible location of Zoara. Zoara , the biblical Zoar , previously called Bela ( Genesis 14:8 ), was one of the five "cities of the plain" – a pentapolis apparently located along the lower Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea plain and mentioned in the Book of Genesis . It was said to have been spared the "brimstone and fire" which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah in order to provide a refuge for Lot and his daughters. It is mentioned by Josephus ; by Ptolemy (V, xvi, 4); and by Eusebius and Saint Jerome in the Onomasticon . Owing to the waters coming down from the mountains of Moab, Zoara was said to be a flourishing oasis where the balsam, indigo, and date trees bloomed luxuriantly. Jud. , IV, viii, 4 Eusebius (2006) [manuscript, 1971]. Zogera (Zogora) .467 In Jeremia. It is now called Zoora or Sigor (Segor), one of the five cities of Sodom. Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten drei Jahrhunderte (in Greek and Latin).

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One of a cluster of five biblical cities Proposed location of Zoara, As-Safi Zoara , the biblical Tzo'ar ( Genesis 14:8 ), was one of the five "cities of the plain" – a pentapolis at the time of Abraham , it was a highly fertile valley apparently located along the lower Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea plain and mentioned in the Book of Genesis . The city was said to have been spared the "brimstone and fire" which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah in order to provide a refuge for Lot and his daughters. It is mentioned by Josephus ; by Ptolemy (V, xvi, 4); and by Eusebius and Saint Jerome in the Onomasticon . The Catholic Encyclopedia called it "a flourishing oasis where the balsam, indigo, and date trees bloom luxuriantly". Jud. , IV, viii, 4 Eusebius (2006) [manuscript, 1971]. Zogera (Zogora) .467 In Jeremia. It is now called Zoora or Sigor (Segor), one of the five cities of Sodom. Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten drei Jahrhunderte (in Greek and Latin).

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One of a cluster of five biblical cities Proposed location of Zoara, As-Safi Zoara , called Zoar / Tzoar or Bela in the Hebrew Bible , Segor in the Septuagint , and Zughar by medieval Arabs, was an ancient city located in the Dead Sea basin in the Transjordan . Biblical Zoar is described in Genesis as one of the five "cities of the plain" – a pentapolis at the time of Abram/ Abraham (see Patriarchal age ), situated in a highly fertile valley mentioned in the Book of Genesis , apparently stretching along the lower Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea plain. The biblical narrative shows the city being spared the "brimstone and fire" which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah in order to provide a refuge for Lot and his daughters. The town of Zoara, located at modern-day Ghor es-Safi in Jordan , is mentioned in the 1st–5th centuries CE by various geographers and historians. The Catholic Encyclopedia , writing about the time preceding the Crusades , called it "a flourishing oasis where the balsam , indigo , and date trees bloom luxuriantly". Arab authors of the 10th century mention its indigo production and praise its dates. A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500 ]. Das wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet (WiBiLex) (in German). Genesis 13:10, 14:2–8 Genesis 19:22–30 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Vailhé, Siméon (1912). In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

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