Siddim

Siddim

Siddim, Ebene in Palästina, in welcher die Städte Sodom, Gomorrha, Adma, Zeboim u. Bela lagen; nach der biblischen Überlieferung gingen die beiden ersteren Städte durch eine Naturrevolution unter u. an der Stelle der Ebene S. entstand das Todte Meer, s.d.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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