Karkor
Karkor, the place where Gideon defeated the Midianite kings Zebah and Zalmunna.
The name Karkor means “they rested”
PlaceOld Testament1 book1 verse
Summary
Location
- Identified as
- Al Qarqar
- Certainty
- Uncertain (30% of scholarship) · 7 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 31.363° N, 37.543° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- קַרְקֹרKarkor
Mentions
- Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.