Place
Admah
city of the plain
City of the plain destroyed with Sodom and Gomorrah, later cited by Hosea as the epitome of divine judgment.
Who or what is this?
One of the five cities of the plain clustered around the Valley of Siddim near the . Admah and its king Shinab appear in Genesis 14 during the campaign of the four eastern kings against the five kings of the plain. When God destroys and , Admah and perish with them (Deuteronomy 29:23). 11:8 invokes Admah as a byword for annihilation, with God declaring he will not treat Israel as he treated Admah and Zeboiim.
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