Succoth

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Succoth
     booths. (1.) The first encampment of the Israelites after
     leaving Ramesses (Ex. 12:37); the civil name of Pithom (q.v.).
     
       (2.) 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).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Succoth, tents; tabernacles