Zoar

Zoar was the small city Lot begged the angels to spare as his refuge from the destruction raining down on Sodom and Gomorrah, pleading that it was 'a little one' unworthy of the same judgment - and it was preserved for his sake alone. Lot arrived there just as the sun rose over the land, moments before fire and brimstone fell on the cities of the plain, though he soon left Zoar out of fear to live in a cave in the surrounding hills. The city's name, meaning 'small' or 'little,' comes directly from Lot's own description in his plea for mercy.