Succoth (Gideon narrative)
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Named at Judges 8:4–5: Gideon comes to the Jordan and passes over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, and says to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” At 8:6 the princes of Succoth say, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?” At 8:13–16 Gideon the son of Joash returns from the battle, catches a young man of the men of Succoth and inquires of him, and he describes for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men; Gideon takes the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he teaches the men of Succoth. The Korean Revised Version reads 징벌하고 (punished) at 8:16.
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- JDG 8:4–9, engwebp
4Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
5He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
6The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”
7Gideon said, “Therefore when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”
8He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
9He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”
- JDG 8:13–17, engwebp
13Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
14He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.
15He came to the men of Succoth, and said, “See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’”
16He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
17He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
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Unresolved interpretation: Succoth of Genesis 33:17 and Succoth of Judges 8
- Genesis 33:17 says, “Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.”
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- GEN 33:5–20, engwebp
5He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
6Then the servants came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.
7Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
8Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” Jacob said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”
9Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours.”
10Jacob said, “Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
11Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.
12Esau said, “Let’s take our journey, and let’s go, and I will go before you.”
13Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
14Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.”
15Esau said, “Let me now leave with you some of the people who are with me.” He said, “Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
16So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
17Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
18Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.
19He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.
20He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.
- GEN 33:5–20, engwebp
- Judges 8:4–5 says Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, and said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” At 8:14–16 he catches a young man of the men of Succoth, who describes for him the princes of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men, and he takes the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he teaches the men of Succoth.
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- JDG 8:4–9, engwebp
4Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
5He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
6The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”
7Gideon said, “Therefore when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”
8He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
9He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”
- JDG 8:13–17, engwebp
13Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
14He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.
15He came to the men of Succoth, and said, “See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’”
16He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
17He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
- JDG 8:4–9, engwebp
- 1 Kings 7:46 says, “The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.”
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- 1KI 7:40–47, engwebp
40Hiram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished doing all the work that he worked for King Solomon in the LORD’s house:
41the two pillars; the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
42the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;
43the ten bases; the ten basins on the bases;
44the one sea; the twelve oxen under the sea;
45the pots; the shovels; and the basins. All of these vessels, which Hiram made for King Solomon for the LORD’s house, were of burnished bronze.
46The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
47Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
- 1KI 7:40–47, engwebp
Genesis 33:17 gives the name Succoth to the place where Jacob built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock; Judges 8:4–16 tells of the Succoth where Gideon, having passed over the Jordan, asked for bread and to which he came back to teach its men; and 1 Kings 7:45–46 says that the king cast the vessels which Hiram made for King Solomon, of burnished bronze, in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. The text does not say whether any two of the three are the same place. This collection records the three apart and does not decide whether any of them are the same place.
Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Succoth 1” by name and 6 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Tell Deir Alla (confidence 600 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event. 1 other identification is listed too.
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- Tell Deir Alla
OpenBible.info confidence 600 of 1000 (current scholarship)
32.1966, 35.62118
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Succoth 1” (CC BY 4.0) - Tell el Ekhsas
OpenBible.info confidence 129 of 1000 (current scholarship)
32.19321, 35.59396
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Succoth 1” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (2) — The answer of the princes of Succoth and of the men of Penuel when Gideon asks for loaves of bread, Gideon teaches the men of Succoth, breaks down the tower of Penuel, and kills the men of the city
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He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”
He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.
He came to the men of Succoth, and said, “See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’”
He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
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Current wording: Named at Judges 8:4–5: Gideon comes to the Jordan and passes over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, and says to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” At 8:6 the princes of Succoth say, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?” At 8:13–16 Gideon the son of Joash returns from the battle, catches a young man of the men of Succoth and inquires of him, and he describes for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men; Gideon takes the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he teaches the men of Succoth. The Korean Revised Version reads 징벌하고 (punished) at 8:16.
Cited evidence: JDG 8:4–9, engwebp / JDG 8:13–17, engwebp
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