Lots wife, at the descruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt for looking back at Sodom and Gomorrah against the angels' warning.
Lot, his wife, and their two daughters fled Sodom and Gomorrah before the cities were destroyed by fire and brimstone. However, Lot's wife looked back against the warning and turned into a pillar of salt.
It is not known when Lot got married. Lot appears in the book of Genesis in the bible. In his story he and his wife flee Sodom and Gomorrah but his wife is turned into a pillar of salt when she looks back at the city of Sodom.
As Lots wife looked back at the city of Gomorrah, she became a pillar of salt.
The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were mentioned in the Book of Genesis in the bible. The cities were considered hedonistic. The story is famous for Lot and his wife being told to leave the city and to not look back. Lot's wife looks back and is turned into a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:26. Lot's wife who's name is said to have been Ildeth(Jewish tradition).
Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt as punishment for disobeying the angels' warning not to look back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
In the Bible at Genesis 19:17 when God was getting ready to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot, his wife and 2 daughters were told not to look back. In verse 24-26 it states that the Lord causes it to rain brimestone and fire. Lot's wife looked back and turn to a pillar of salt.
God spared Lot and his family by allowing them to flee. Lot's wife turned back to see the destruction and was turned into a pillar of salt.
A glance is to take a brief look. To use it in a sentence, one could say "Lot's wife took a glance at the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah as she left, and was turned into a pillar of salt."
The allusion to "Pillar of Salt" refers to the biblical story of Lot's wife in the Book of Genesis. It symbolizes the consequences of looking back or longing for the past, as Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.