Fire from Heaven: Genesis 19:1-29

The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city.

The gateway—the place of commerce and judgment, where elders sat and decisions were made. Lot had risen in Sodom. The tent-dweller had become a city official.

When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. "My lords," he said, "please turn aside to your servant's house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning."

"No," they answered, "we will spend the night in the square."