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Succoth
Town or city mentioned in 10 verses of the Bible, most often in Judges.
Journeys through Succoth
- The Exodus (15th or 13th century BC)
Where it appears
Judges (6), Genesis (1), Joshua (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1)
Key verses
- Genesis 33:17 first mention — And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
- Joshua 13:27 — And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
- Judges 8:5 — And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
- Judges 8:6 — And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
- Judges 8:8 — And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
- Judges 8:14 — And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
- Judges 8:15 — And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
- Judges 8:16 — And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
- 1 Kings 7:46 — In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
- 2 Chronicles 4:17 — In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
Nearby places
- Valley of Succoth 0 km
- Mahanaim 6 km
- Gilead 7 km
- Penuel 7 km
- Zaretan 9 km
- Zaphon 9 km
- Jabbok 12 km
- Jordan 14 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.