Zoar
Where Zoar sits on the map, and the 9 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Al Safi
- Coordinates
- 31.0369, 35.4877
- Mentions
- 9 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
9 verses, in biblical order.
Genesis
- Genesis 13:10
And so Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the region around the Jordan, which was thoroughly irrigated, before the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It was like the Paradise of the Lord, and it was like Egypt, approaching toward Zoar.
- Genesis 14:2
went to war against Bera, king of Sodom, and against Birsha, king of Gomorrah, and against Shinab, king of Admah, and against Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and against the king of Bela, that is Zoar.
- Genesis 14:8
And the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and indeed the king of Bela, which is Zoar, went forth. And they directed their point against them in the wooded valley,
- Genesis 19:22
Hurry and be saved there. For I cannot do anything until you enter there.” For this reason, the name of that city is called Zoar.
- Genesis 19:23
The sun had risen over the land, and Lot had entered into Zoar.
- Genesis 19:30
And Lot ascended from Zoar, and he stayed on the mountain, and likewise his two daughters with him, (for he was afraid to stay in Zoar) and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters with him.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 34:3
and the southern region, and the breadth of the plain of Jericho, the city of palms, as far as Zoar.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 15:5
My heart will cry out to Moab; its bars will cry out even to Zoar, like a three-year-old calf. For they will ascend weeping, by way of the ascent of Luhith. And along the way of Horonaim, they will lift up a cry of contrition.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 48:34
From the outcry of Heshbon, even to Elealeh and Jahzah, they have uttered their voice; from Zoar, even to Horonaim, like a three year old calf. So too, the waters of Nimrim will be very bad.