The location of these cities, along with the other cities of the plain, has long been the subject of speculation and search. As most people who keep up with this type of thing know, there are several prevalent theories. One is that the cities are today under the waters of the southern tip of the Dead Sea. Another is that they are located on the Jordanian shore of the Dead Sea on a plateau where 5 archaeological sites have been located. However, these 5 sites are 500 feet above the plain on a plateau, not the plain as is so specificly stated in the Bible. Also, they are far too small to have been cities- the largest was 10 acres and the next was 2 acres.

Searching for the locations of these cities was never an intention of Ron's. But from 1978 on, Ron made many, many trips along the Israeli coast of the Dead Sea as he travelled to the various sites he worked on, and in the early 1980's he was suddenly struck by the strange appearance of some "formations" he passed. They looked to him like city walls and buildings, only whitish in color. For many years, he did nothing about his suspicions but in 1989, I received a call from him while he was in Israel in which he told me he thought he had located the 5 sites. He described their locations and asked me to do some research into what the Bible said regarding their locations. He told me the sites were not concentrated at the southern end of the Dead Sea but instead were spread out over many, many miles,- from just below the southern tip of the Dead Sea to about 10 or so miles above the northern tip. In the past, he had just driven past and noticed 4 areas, but this trip he had driven further north, seeing if there was a 5th. There was.
Also, he and his crew had driven into one of the whitish areas and discovered something that convinced Ron that these whitish colored formations weren't just geological. He found a spot where a road had been cut through some of the whitish material and where the fresh cut was, the freshly exposed interior of the material displayed a layering effect which swirled in such a manner as to make it obvious that these weren't the usual geological layers.

In searching the Bible for clues to their locations, I found the verse where 4 of the cities were mentioned as forming part of the boundaries of the Canaanites: Genesis 10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Adnah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. In viewing a map, it seemed strange that Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim would each be listed if they were all in the same general location, at the south end of the Dead Sea. It seemed logical that the cities were to be located along at least "some" distance to all be included in this Biblical description of the borders of Canaan.

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