SOCOH

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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. (1 Samuel 17:11Now 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. (1 Samuel 17:1))
One of Solomon's commissaries in
The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: (1 Kings 4:1010The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: (1 Kings 4:10))
Rebuilt and fortified by Rehoboam
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 thereof: and they dwelt there. (2 Chronicles 28:1818The 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 thereof: and they dwelt there. (2 Chronicles 28:18))
2. A city in the mountains of the tribe of Judah
And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, (Joshua 15:4848And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, (Joshua 15:48))