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Succoth - location profile

Location and Setting

• Succoth is located just north of the mouth of the Jabbok River on the eastern side of the Jordan River.
• Succoth is associated with either present day Tell Akhsas or Tell Der Allah.

Historical and Biblical Significance

• At Succoth ("booths") Jacob built himself a shelter and made shelters for his livestock as he and his family were returning from Padan-aram (Gen 33:17).
• Succoth was included in the inheritance of the tribe of Gad (Josh 13:27).
• While Gideon was pursuing the Midianites across the Jordan, the elders of Succoth and nearby Penuel refused to give his men bread to eat. Gideon vowed to punish them after his victory (Judg 8:5-16).
• Solomon used clay from this area to cast the bronze vessels for the temple (1 Kgs 7:46; 2 Chr 4:17).

Bibliography

1. Johnson, A. "Succoth" The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible. Ed. Merrill C. Tenney. 5 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1976.