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How did Lot become a captive before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah?
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Landscape with the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, oil on wood by Joachim Patinir, c. 1520; in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot became a captive when a group of eastern kings pillaged the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah and took him and others prisoner. Upon hearing of this, his uncle Abraham organized a rescue mission with 318 men, successfully liberating Lot along with the looted goods and the other townspeople.1