Succoth in the Bible

Meaning: tents; tabernacles

Exact Match

but Jacob went on to Succoth. He built a house for himself and stalls for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyBooths

The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about 600,000 soldiers on foot, besides their families.

Verse ConceptsThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.

And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

and in the valley, Beth-haram and Beth-nimrah and Succoth and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan as a border, as far as the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth (Galilee) east of the Jordan.

He said to the men of Succoth, "Give some loaves of bread to the men who are following me, because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."

Verse ConceptsFeeding Groups

The officials of Succoth said, "You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your army?"

Verse ConceptsMan's Work Finished

He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had.

And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle, the sun being yet up, and caught a lad of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him.

He captured a young man from Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Succoth's officials and city leaders -- seventy-seven men in all.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersInterrogatingSeventies

He approached the men of Succoth and said, "Look what I have! Zebah and Zalmunna! You insulted me, saying, 'You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your exhausted men?'"

Verse ConceptsMan's Work Finished

He seized the leaders of the city, along with some desert thorns and briers; he then "threshed" the men of Succoth with them.

Verse ConceptsBriersThornsTorturePeople Teaching

In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zaretan.

Verse ConceptsClayClay, Uses

And the people of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the people of Cuth made Nergal, and the people of Hamath made Ashima,

Verse ConceptsPagan Gods

In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

Verse ConceptsClay

God has said in his holy place, I will be glad: I will make a division of Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will be measured out.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodRight Hand Of GodSave Us!

God has spoken in his sanctuary: "I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem; the Valley of Succoth I will measure off.

God hath spoken in his sanctuary, "I will rejoice therefore, and divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

And ye bare Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that ye made for yourselves.

Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryShrinesNature Of Kings

Thematic Bible



And Jacob went on to Succoth, where he made a house for himself and put up tents for his cattle: for this reason the place was named Succoth.

The king made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, in the soft earth between Succoth and Zeredah.

And in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon, having Jordan for its limit, to the end of the sea of Chinnereth on the east side of Jordan.

He made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, at the way across the river, at Adama, between Succoth and Zarethan.


The king made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, in the soft earth between Succoth and Zeredah.

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

He made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, at the way across the river, at Adama, between Succoth and Zarethan.



And the children of Israel made the journey from Rameses to Succoth; there were about six hundred thousand men on foot, as well as children.

Then they went on their journey from Succoth, and put up their tents in Etham at the edge of the waste land.

So the children of Israel went from Rameses and put up their tents in Succoth. And they went on from Succoth and put up their tents in Etham on the edge of the waste land.


And the children of Israel made the journey from Rameses to Succoth; there were about six hundred thousand men on foot, as well as children.

Then they went on their journey from Succoth, and put up their tents in Etham at the edge of the waste land.


And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian. But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army? Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor. read more.
So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth had given.

And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men. So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness? Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems.


And in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon, having Jordan for its limit, to the end of the sea of Chinnereth on the east side of Jordan.


And Jacob went on to Succoth, where he made a house for himself and put up tents for his cattle: for this reason the place was named Succoth.


Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain