Topic
Socoh
7 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 15:35Smith · Nave 1. Also called SHOCHO, SHOCHOH, SHOCO, SOCHOH — A city of the tribe of Judah
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
- Joshua 15:48Smith · Nave 2. A city in the mountains of the tribe of Judah
¶ And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
- 1 Samuel 17:1Smith · Nave 1. Also called SHOCHO, SHOCHOH, SHOCO, SOCHOH — A city of the tribe of Judah
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
- 2 Chronicles 11:7Smith · Nave 1. Also called SHOCHO, SHOCHOH, SHOCO, SOCHOH — Rebuilt and fortified by Rehoboam
And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
- 1 Kings 4:10Nave 1. Also called SHOCHO, SHOCHOH, SHOCO, SOCHOH — One of Solomon' s commissaries in
The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
- 2 Chronicles 8:18Smith
And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 28:18Nave 1. Also called SHOCHO, SHOCHOH, SHOCO, SOCHOH — Captured by Philistines
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages…
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references
- In the district of the Shefelah. (Joshua 15:35; 1 Samuel 17:1; 2 Chronicles 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.
- Also a town of Judah, but in the mountain district. (Joshua 15:48) It has been discovered about 10 miles southwest of Hebron; bearing, like the other Socoh, the name of esh-Shuweikeh .
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 6 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.