Succoth (Genesis 33)

Succoth (Genesis 33) is a settlement named in 10 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Tell Deir Alla (medium confidence; 1 other proposal below).

Location

Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.

Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 33:17
  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.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.

Joshua

• 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.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).

Judges

• 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.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.”
• 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?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?”
• 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.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.
• 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.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.
• 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?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?’”
• 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.Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 7:46
  In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 4:17
  In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.