Reference: Socho
Easton
a fence; hedge, (1Ch 4:18; R.V., Soco)=So'choh (1Ki 4:10; R.V., Socoh), Sho'choh (1Sa 17:1; R.V., Socoh), Sho'co (2Ch 11:7; R.V., Soco), Sho'cho (2Ch 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.
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Fausets
1. 1Ch 4:18. Heber was "father," founder, or colonist of Socho in the low hill region of Judah. Now Shuweikeh, in the western part of the low hills of Judah, on the southern slope of the wady Sumt, nearly half a mile above the bed of the wady, a natural terrace, green in spring, dotted with grey ruins. SOCHOH in 1Ki 4:10. SOCOH in Jos 15:35. Between Socho and Azekah the Philistines were posted for the battle wherein Goliath fell (1Sa 17:1). Rehoboam fortified it after the disruption (2Ch 11:7). Taken by the Philistines in Ahaz' reign (2Ch 28:18).
2. Also in Judah; now Shuweibeh (Jos 15:48), ten miles S.W. of Hebron.
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Morish
So'cho
Son of, or city founded by, Heber. 1Ch 4:18. Perhaps the same as one of the two following.
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Smith
So'cho
(bushy).
Probably one of the towns called Socoh, in Judah, though which of the two cannot be ascertained.