(Greek: five cities)
Region where stood Sodom, Gomorrha, Segor, Adama, Seboim (Wisdom of Solomon 10), which united to resist the invasion of Chodorlahomor (Genesis 14); four were destroyed; marked the south limit of Chanaanite territory, included in the lower Jordan valley and the land around the Dead Sea.
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