SODOM AND GOMORRAH

(See also Gomorrah; Lot [Patriarch])

archaeological finds: w96 9/15 12; g96 8/8 28

destruction: it-1 153

defeat by Chedorlaomer and associates: w89 7/1 4

map: w89 7/1 7

destruction: mwb20.02 6; it-1 153, 616, 985; it-2 985; lfb 30; w08 3/1 17; my story 15; w90 4/15 16-21; rs 172; g86 12/8 9

Abraham’s expressions to Jehovah: w24.05 2; w22.08 28; cl 203; w11 10/15 25; w10 4/15 14; w10 10/15 6; w09 1/1 24; w03 7/15 16-18; w98 8/15 12; w94 9/15 30; w93 6/15 15-16

act of God: g86 8/8 6-7

a judgment day: it-2 136

Jehovah’s justice: w13 5/1 6; w09 1/1 24; w98 8/1 12-13

other cities destroyed: it-1 48

prophetic significance (Lu 17:28-30; 2Pe 2:6): w97 12/15 12

reasons for: w90 4/15 16-17

sulfur: it-2 1042

survival of Lot and daughters: g86 12/8 9

whether final: w24.05 2-3, 5-6; w24.12 31; w90 4/15 20; w88 6/1 30-31

discussion: it-1 985; it-2 984-985

Jehovah’s judicial procedure: w92 7/1 9

location: it-1 48, 153, 985; it-2 844-845, 984

bitumen pits: it-1 337

moral lessons: g01 3/8 9-10; g90 6/8 9

prosperity of area: w89 7/1 4, 6

Sodomites blinded: it-1 343

symbolic:

‘dictators of Sodom, people of Gomorrah’ (Isa 1:10): ip-1 22

‘great city called Sodom and Egypt’ (Re 11:8): it-2 985; re 167-170

“vine of Sodom” (De 32:32): it-2 1156

whether individuals will be resurrected: w24.05 2-3, 5-6; w24.12 31; pe 178-179; w88 6/1 30-31

why disinterested in warning: w88 2/1 28