The meaning of Zoar in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)

small, a town on the east or south-east of the Dead Sea, to which Lot and his daughters fled from Sodom (Genesis 19:22,23). It was originally called Bela (14:2,8). It is referred to by the prophets (Isaiah 15:5) and (Jeremiah 48:34). Its ruins are still seen at the opening of the ravine of Kerak, the Kir-Moab referred to in II Kings 3, the modern Tell esh-Shaghur.


See more on the meaning of Zoar in the Bible:
Zoar {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Zoar {Hitchcock's Bible Name}

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