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Socho

שׂוֹכוֹ/SOH-koh/

“Bushy; branches”

Summary

A town in Judah mentioned in the genealogy of the sons of Ezra, likely the same as the town Socoh in the lowland of Judah.

☩Identification

Socho appears in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah as a place colonized by a man named Heber. It is generally identified with the town of Socoh in the lowland of Judah, better known as the site near which the Philistines encamped before David's battle with Goliath. The modern site is Shuweikeh, in the western part of the low hills of Judah.

Key verses:1 Chronicles 4:18

Related Verses1 mention

1 Chronicles· 1 verse

4:18

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Socho," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Socho," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
  3. 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Socho," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).