# Gomorrah

## Facts

Gomorrah was a city located in a fertile valley somewhere to the east of the region of Babylonia.

* Gomorrah is almost always mentioned along with the city of Sodom; the people in these cities had a reputation for being wicked.
* There were many kings at war in the region where Sodom and Gomorrah were located.
* When Lot's family got captured in a conflict between Sodom and other cities, Abraham and his men rescued them.
* Not long after that, Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by God because of the wickedness of the people who lived there.