Sacred Atlas

Bible Place Guide

Sodom in the Bible

High search interest and a needed disputed-location confidence model. See Scripture references, modern location, confidence level, and source attribution from Sacred Atlas.

Modern locationmodern identification under review
ConfidenceApproximate
Scripture refs24

Approximate confidence

Modern identification

south of the Lisan - modern identification under review

Coordinates31.2085, 35.4492
Kindsettlement
Claims7
Sources3

Scripture anchors

Gen 10:19Gen 13:10Gen 13:12Gen 13:13Gen 14:2Gen 14:8Gen 14:10Gen 14:11Gen 14:12Gen 14:17Gen 14:21Gen 14:22Gen 18:16Gen 18:20Gen 18:22Gen 18:26Gen 19:1Gen 19:4Gen 19:24Gen 19:28Deut 29:23Deut 32:32Isa 1:9Isa 1:10

Why this place is in the atlas

High search interest and a needed disputed-location confidence model.

Candidate identifications

Sacred Atlas keeps disputed locations visible instead of forcing false certainty. These scores are starter algorithmic weights and remain under editorial review.

Southern Dead Sea plain - 57% Traditional confidence from 1 evidence item sacred-atlas-editorial
Tall el-Hammam proposal - 43% Disputed confidence from 1 evidence item sacred-atlas-editorial

Claim ledger

names[0].value Sodom Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
summary.en High search interest and a needed disputed-location confidence model. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium
foreignKeys[0] ancientId: a0aa664, urlSlug: sodom, friendlyId: Sodom OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - Approximate
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 31.20849, longitude: 35.449223, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0; upstream ODbL-1.0 - Approximate
identifications[0].modernRegion null Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Unknown
scriptureReferences Gen 10:19, Gen 13:10, Gen 13:12, Gen 13:13 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High
temporalScopes Biblical era context requires editorial review., Modern context requires editorial review. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Unknown