Within the city, i.e. in the cities concerned, as appears by Gen_18:20, and Gen_19:25; the singular number for the plural, as is frequent, as Gen_3:221Ch_10:1, compared with 1Sa_31:1, and oft elsewhere. Or the city Sodom alone is mentioned, but the rest are comprehended under it, either because of its eminency, or because they were subject or subordinate to it, as may seem probable from the history, Gen_14:1-24.