Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah

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Old Testament narrative biblical event divine judgment

The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is a biblical episode in which God annihilates two cities with fire and brimstone as a dramatic judgment on their wickedness.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah canonical	2
Sodom and Gomorrah	2
Genesis 19	1
storyOfSodomAndGomorrah	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T890106 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
Context triple: [Book of Genesis, containsNarrative, Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah]

A. Sodom
Sodom is a small hamlet within the town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York, known primarily as a local residential community.
B. The Wrath of God
The Wrath of God is a 1972 adventure drama film set in 1920s Central America, starring Robert Mitchum as a gun-toting priest caught up in political and religious conflict.
C. Churban
Churban is a Jewish term referring to the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and, by extension, catastrophic national calamities in Jewish history.
D. Megiddo
Megiddo was an important ancient Canaanite city strategically located along key trade and military routes in the Levant, known for its archaeological significance and association with biblical Armageddon.
E. Fast of Gedaliah
The Fast of Gedaliah is a minor Jewish fast day commemorating the assassination of Gedaliah ben Ahikam and the subsequent end of Jewish autonomy after the First Temple’s destruction.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
Target entity description: The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is a biblical episode in which God annihilates two cities with fire and brimstone as a dramatic judgment on their wickedness.

A. Sodom
Sodom is a small hamlet within the town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York, known primarily as a local residential community.
B. The Wrath of God
The Wrath of God is a 1972 adventure drama film set in 1920s Central America, starring Robert Mitchum as a gun-toting priest caught up in political and religious conflict.
C. Churban
Churban is a Jewish term referring to the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and, by extension, catastrophic national calamities in Jewish history.
D. Megiddo
Megiddo was an important ancient Canaanite city strategically located along key trade and military routes in the Levant, known for its archaeological significance and association with biblical Armageddon.
E. Fast of Gedaliah
The Fast of Gedaliah is a minor Jewish fast day commemorating the assassination of Gedaliah ben Ahikam and the subsequent end of Jewish autonomy after the First Temple’s destruction.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Old Testament narrative ⓘ biblical event ⓘ divine judgment ⓘ
associatedPlace	Dead Sea shore ⓘ surface form: Dead Sea region Jordan Plain ⓘ
cause	outcry against the cities ⓘ wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah ⓘ
describedInChapter	Genesis 18 ⓘ Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Genesis 19
featuresCharacter	Lot’s wife ⓘ men of Sodom ⓘ two angels ⓘ
followedBy	Lot’s flight to Zoar ⓘ Lot’s wife turned into a pillar of salt ⓘ destruction of Lot’s city ⓘ
foundInText	Christian biblical canon ⓘ surface form: Christian Old Testament Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Quran ⓘ
hasLocation	Gomorrah ⓘ Sodom ⓘ
hasMainDeity	God ⓘ
hasMainHumanFigure	Abraham ⓘ Lot ⓘ
hasTheme	divine justice ⓘ hospitality and inhospitality ⓘ intercessory prayer ⓘ judgment on sin ⓘ mercy toward the righteous ⓘ
methodOfDestruction	brimstone ⓘ fire ⓘ sulfur ⓘ
moralLesson	God punishes persistent wickedness ⓘ the righteous can be spared from judgment ⓘ
partOf	Book of Genesis ⓘ
precededBy	Abraham’s intercession for Sodom ⓘ visit of three men to Abraham ⓘ visit of two angels to Sodom ⓘ
referencedIn	2 Peter 2:6 ⓘ Amos 4:11 ⓘ Book of Ezekiel ⓘ surface form: Ezekiel 16:49–50 Isaiah 1:9 ⓘ Jeremiah 23:14 ⓘ Jude 1:7 ⓘ Luke 17:28–29 ⓘ Quran 7:80–84 ⓘ
result	annihilation of Gomorrah ⓘ annihilation of Sodom ⓘ destruction of the cities of the plain ⓘ
symbolizes	paradigmatic divine wrath ⓘ total destruction ⓘ
timePeriod	patriarchal era in biblical chronology ⓘ
usedAs	warning example in later biblical texts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Genesis → containsNarrative → Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ⓘ

Epistle of Jude → containsReferenceTo → Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sodom and Gomorrah

Cleanness → containsEpisode → Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ⓘ

Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah → describedInChapter → Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Genesis 19

Lot → knownFor → Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ⓘ

this entity surface form: storyOfSodomAndGomorrah

Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time → fourthVolume → Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ⓘ

subject surface form: In Search of Lost Time