<Tr> <Th> Birth place </Th> <Td> Ur Kaśdim </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Death place </Th> <Td> Sodom </Td> </Tr> <P> In the Bible, Lot's wife is a figure first mentioned in Genesis 19 . The Book of Genesis describes how she became a pillar of salt after she looked back at Sodom . She is not named in the Bible but is called "Ado" or "Edith" in some Jewish traditions . She is also referred to in the deuterocanonical books at Wisdom 10: 7 and the New Testament at Luke 17: 32 . Islamic accounts also talk about the wife of Prophet Lut (Lot) when mentioning' People of Lut' . </P> <P> The story of Lot's wife begins in Genesis 19 after two angels arrived in Sodom at eventide and were invited to spend the night at Lot's home . The Men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and prompted Lot to offer up these Men / Angels; instead, Lot offered up his two daughters but they refused . As dawn was breaking, Lot's visiting angels urged him to get his family and flee, so as to avoid being caught in the impending disaster for the iniquity of the city . The command was given, "Flee for your life! Do not look behind you, nor stop anywhere in the Plain; flee to the hills, lest you be swept away ." Lot's wife rejected the suggestion, so she was standing there while looking, and became a pillar of salt . </P>

Who was turned to a pillar of salt