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Pentapolis

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Greek: five cities)

Region where stood Sodom, Gomorrha, Segor, Adama, Seboim (Wisdom of Solomon 10), which united to resist the invasion of Chodorlahomor (Genesis 14); four were destroyed; marked the south limit of Chanaanite territory, included in the lower Jordan valley and the land around the Dead Sea.

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Entry for 'Pentapolis'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​p/pentapolis.html. 1910.
 
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