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1. . Heber was "father," founder, or colonist of Socho in the low hill region of Judah. Now Shuweikeh, in the western part of the low hills of Judah, on the southern slope of the wady Sumt, nearly half a mile above the bed of the wady, a natural terrace, green in spring, dotted with grey ruins. SOCHOH in . SOCOH in . Between Socho and Azekah the Philistines were posted for the battle wherein Goliath fell (). Rehoboam fortified it after the disruption (). Taken by the Philistines in Ahaz' reign ().
2. Also in Judah; now Shuweibeh (), ten miles S.W. of Hebron.