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Succoth

Succoth, a city in Canaan allocated to the tribe of Gad, later the site of Solomon's bronze works.

The name Succoth means “tents; tabernacles”

PlaceOld Testament6 books12 verses

Summary

A location first mentioned at Genesis 33:17; only referred to as Succoth (סֻכּוֹת).

Location

Identified as
Valley of Succoth
Certainty
Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
Coordinates
32.197° N, 35.621° E
Succoth
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Glossary entries

Succoth

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Mentions

  1. Genesis 33:17
    …but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
  2. Joshua 13:27
    …and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).
  3. Judges 8:5
    So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
  4. Judges 8:6
    But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”
  5. Judges 8:8
    From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
  6. Judges 8:14
    There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
  7. Judges 8:15
    And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
  8. Judges 8:16
    Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
  9. 1 Kings 7:46
    The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
  10. 2 Chronicles 4:17
    The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.
  11. Psalm 60:6
    God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
  12. Psalm 108:7
    God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.