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Socoh

SOCOH, Soco, or Socho, a City of Judah, Josh. xv. 35. 1 Sam. xvii. 1. Heber, of whom mention is made in the Chronicles, repair’d Socoh, 1 Chron. iv. 18. and his Family dwelt there. Rehoboam fortify’d it afterwards: See 2 Chron. xi. 7. Eusebius says, there were two Cities of Socoh, one the Higher, and the other the Lower Socoh, nine Miles from Eleutheropolis towards Jerusalem.

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Socoh,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/s/socoh/.

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