SOCOH OR SHOCHOH

1 Kings 4:10, a town in the plain of Judah, near Azekah, famous for a battle of David and Saul with the Philistines, 1 Samuel 17:1; against whom Rehoboam fortified it, and by whom it was afterwards taken, 2 Chronicles 11:72 Chronicles 1:28.

2. A town in the mountains of Judah, south by west of Hebron, Joshua 15:48. Dr. Robinson found traces of both these sites, under the name of Suweikeh, or Shaukeh.


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