Bible Location
Meaning: tents; tabernacles · 10 cross references · Modern-day map available
This Succoth entry refers to the east-of-Jordan town associated with Jacob and later with Gideon and the monarchy, not the smaller secondary Succoth record elsewhere in the dataset. It is important because it appears in patriarchal travel, judges-period conflict, and the transjordanian settled landscape. First appears in Gen 33:17.1
Place meaning
tents; tabernacles
Coordinates
32.20, 35.62
First appears
Gen 33:17
AI summary: Succoth's significance comes from its recurrence across very different periods of the Bible. Jacob's naming of the place ties it to return and settlement, while Gideon's later encounter with its leaders adds a sharper memory of refusal and judgment. It also appears in relation to broader transjordanian life and, in some traditions, to royal labor and manufacture. The cross references present this Succoth as an eastern town marked by patriarchal memory, civic failure, and ongoing regional importance.1
Place meaning
tents; tabernacles
Latitude
32.20
Longitude
35.62
Bible references
10
A city on the east of Jordan, identified with Tell Dar’ala, a high mound, a mass of debris, in the plain north of Jabbok and about one mile from it (Josh. 13:27). Here Jacob (Gen. 32:17, 30; 33:17), on his return from Padan-aram after his interview with Esau, built a house for himself and made booths for his cattle. The princes of this city churlishly refused to afford help to Gideon and his 300 men when “faint yet pursuing” they followed one of the bands of the fugitive Midianites after the great victory at Gilboa. After overtaking and routing this band at Karkor, Gideon on his return visited the rulers of the city with severe punishment. “He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth” (Judg. 8:13-16). At this place were erected the foundries for casting the metal-work for the temple (1 Kings 7:46). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.