² these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim,^(A) and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).^(B)

⁸ Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah,^(A) the king of Admah, the king of Zeboyim^(B) and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar)^(C) marched out and drew up their battle lines in the Valley of Siddim^(D)

²³ By the time Lot reached Zoar,^(A) the sun had risen over the land. ²⁴ Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur^(B) on Sodom and Gomorrah^(C)—from the Lord out of the heavens.^{(D) 25} Thus he overthrew those cities^(E) and the entire plain,^(F) destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.^{(G) 26} But Lot’s wife looked back,^(H) and she became a pillar of salt.^(I)

²⁷ Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the Lord.^{(J) 28} He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.^(K)

²⁹ So when God destroyed the cities of the plain,^(L) he remembered^(M) Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe^(N) that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.^(O)