Tel Socoh

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Tel Socoh is an archaeological mound in Israel’s Shephelah region, identified with an ancient biblical town that once guarded a key route between the Judean highlands and the coastal plain.

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Tel Socoh canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient settlement
archaeological site
tell
archaeologicalFinds architectural remains
fortification remains
pottery sherds
biblicalTribeTerritory Tribe of Judah NERFINISHED
country Israel
elevation approximately 400 metres above sea level
excavationType survey
trial excavation
functionInAntiquity fortified town
road station
guardedRoute approach to Bethlehem and Jerusalem
road from Philistine plain to Judean highlands
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceFromPeriod Byzantine period
Early Islamic period
Hellenistic period
Iron Age II
Persian period
Roman period
heritageType cultural heritage site
identifiedWith biblical Socoh (Soco) NERFINISHED
locatedIn Judean foothills NERFINISHED
Shephelah NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Central District, Israel NERFINISHED
locatedNear Highway 38 (Israel) NERFINISHED
Moshav Nes Harim NERFINISHED
Valley of Elah NERFINISHED
mentionedIn 1 Samuel 17:1
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
modernNameVariant Tel Socho NERFINISHED
Tel Sokho NERFINISHED
nearbyBiblicalSites Khirbet Qeiyafa NERFINISHED
Tel Azekah NERFINISHED
Tel Qeiyafa NERFINISHED
overlooks Valley of Elah battlefield area NERFINISHED
route between Judean highlands and coastal plain
partOf biblical Shephelah region
regionInAntiquity Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED
strategicRole guarded access route from coastal plain to Jerusalem region
terrain limestone hill
topography prominent hill
viewOf Judean highlands NERFINISHED
coastal plain of Israel

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Shfela (Judean lowlands) contains Tel Socoh
subject surface form: Shfela