Gen. 33:17

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Succoth.

Josh 13:27; Judg 8:5; Judg 8:8; Judg 8:16; 1Kgs 7:46; Ps 60:6

not.

Exod 12:37; Exod 13:20

Succoth. i.e., Booths.Succoth was on the east of Jordan, between the brook Jabbok and that river, about 40 miles from Jerusalem, and consequently near Penuel; where a city was afterwards built, which Joshua assigned to the tribe of Gad. Jerome says, that Succoth was in the district of Scythopolis; and the Jews inform us, that the name of Darala was sometime after applied to it.