Gomorrah was one of the cities of the plain of the Jordan, alongside Sodom, Admah, Zeboiim and Bela. The region was described as well watered, like the garden of the Lord, before its destruction (Genesis 13:10).
Lot chose to settle in this fertile plain, near Sodom. The biblical text already points out that the people who lived there were extremely wicked and sinful against the Lord.
Gomorrah first appears as an independent kingdom in the war recorded in Genesis 14. Its king, Birsha, was defeated by a coalition of kings from the east.
Gomorrah’s most striking role in the Bible is its destruction, together with Sodom, by fire and sulfur from the sky. It was a direct judgment from God against the sin of the two cities.
Since then, Sodom and Gomorrah have become, throughout Scripture, the ultimate example of God’s judgment on human wickedness and a warning about the consequences of sin.
