Socho

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Socho
     a fence; hedge, (1 Chr. 4:18; R.V., Soco)=So'choh (1 Kings 4:10;
     R.V., Socoh), Sho'choh (1 Sam. 17:1; R.V., Socoh), Sho'co (2
     Chr. 11:7; R.V., Soco), Sho'cho (2 Chr. 28:18; R.V., Soco), a
     city in the plain or lowland of Judah, where the Philistines
     encamped when they invaded Judah after their defeat at Michmash.


     It lay on the northern side of the valley of Elah (Wady
     es-Sunt). It has been identified with the modern Khurbet
     Shuweikeh, about 14 miles south-west of Jerusalem. In this
     campaign Goliath was slain, and the Philistines were completely
     routed.