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Gen_19:25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Ver. 25. And he overthrew, &c.] Some footsteps of this overthrow are to be read of in Solinus and Tacitus. Josephus {a} tells us of the mock-apples of Sodom, and saith, that an ox, having all his legs bound, will not sink into the lake of Sodom, the water is so dense.
{a} Lib. v., De Bello, Jud.: - Omne carens vita in profundum mergitur; siquid vivum arte aliqua immerseris super exibit .