Succoth

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Succoth is an ancient biblical town east of the Jordan River, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in connection with the stories of Jacob and Gideon.

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Label Occurrences
Succoth canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient town ⓘ
biblical location ⓘ
populated place in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
appearsIn 1 Kings 7 ⓘ
Genesis 33 ⓘ
Joshua 13 ⓘ
Judges 8 ⓘ
associatedWithBiblicalFigure Gideon ⓘ
Jacob ⓘ
associatedWithTribe tribe of Gad ⓘ
biblicalEvent Gideon’s pursuit of Zebah and Zalmunna ⓘ
Jacob’s return from Paddan-aram ⓘ
linked to: Genesis 31
etymologyRelatedTo Hebrew word for booths or shelters ⓘ
governedBy elders of Succoth ⓘ
hasNameInHebrew סֻכּוֹת ⓘ
linked to: Sukkah
hasUncertainExactLocation true ⓘ
historicalPeriod Iron Age Levant ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
locatedEastOf Jordan River ⓘ
locatedIn Transjordan ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of 1 Kings ⓘ
linked to: 1 Kings

Book of Genesis ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ
Book of Judges ⓘ
linked to: Judges

Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
nearbyRiver Jabbok River ⓘ
linked to: Jabbok
notableFor association with Jacob’s building of booths ⓘ
refusal to support Gideon’s army ⓘ
partOf ancient Israelite cultural sphere ⓘ
possibleIdentification archaeological region of the lower Jabbok valley ⓘ
site near modern Tell Deir Alla ⓘ
region Gilead ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
roleInGenesis place where Jacob built booths for his livestock ⓘ
place where Jacob journeyed after meeting Esau ⓘ
roleInJudges town punished by Gideon after his victory ⓘ
town that refused to aid Gideon ⓘ
transliteration Sukkot ⓘ

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