Another Sukkot is a city east of the
Jordan River, identified as tell
Deir Alla, a high debris mound in the plain north of the
Zarqa River and about one mile from it (
Joshua 13:27). The identification is based on a passage in the
Jerusalem Talmud, which was compiled in the
4th century, in which the biblical Sukkot was identified with a settlement called Dar'ellah. This is where
Jacob, on returning from
Paddan Aram after a meeting with
Esau, built a house for himself and made
sukkot (temporary huts, or "booths") for his cattle in
Genesis 33:17. In the
Book of Judges, the princes of Sukkot refused to provide help to
Gideon and his men when they followed one of the bands of the fugitive
Midianites after the great victory at
Mount Gilboa. After routing this band,
Gideon, upon his return, visited the rulers of the city with severe punishment according to
Judges 8:16: "And he took the elders of the city and, [bringing] desert thorns and briers, he punished the people of Succoth with them." The foundries for casting the metalwork for the temple were erected here according to
1 Kings 7:46. ==See also==