socoh Summary and Overview

the name of two towns in the tribe of Judah. 1. In the district of the Shefelah. #Jos 15:35; 1Sa 17:1; 2Ch 11:7; 8:18| In the time of Eusebius it bore the name of Socchoth, and lay between eight and nine Roman miles from Eleutheropolis, on the road to Jerusalem. It may be identified with esh-Shuweikeh, in the western part of the mountains of Judah. From this village probably came Antigonus of Soco, who lived about the commencement of the third century B.C. 2. Also a town of Judah, but in the mountain district. #Jos 15:48| It has been discovered about 10 miles southwest of Hebron; bearing, like the other Socoh, the name of esh-Shuweikeh.

SO'COH (branches), a name of two towns in Judah. 1. A city in the plains of Judah. Josh 15:35. It is also called Shoco, 2 Chr 11:7, Shoeho, 2 Chr 28:18, and Shochoh. 1 Sam 17:1. At this place Goliath was slain and the Philistines were defeated. The town was included in one of Solomon's commissariat districts; was fortified by Rehoboam; was seized by the Philistines in the time of Ahaz; and in the time of Eusebius and Jerome was called Soechoth, and lay between 8 and 9 Roman miles from Eleutheropolis, on the road to Jerusalem. It is identified with the ruins esh-Shuweikeh and the Wady Sumt, or "valley of Elah," about 3 1/2 miles south-west of Jerusalem. 2. A town in the mountains of Judah. Josh 15:48. It has been identified with esh-Shuweikeh, about a mile to the north of Jattir and 10 miles south-west of Hebron, in the Wady el-Khalil.