HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5524
סֻכּוֹת בְּנוֹת
suk.kot be.not — Succoth-benoth
§ Succoth-benoth = "the daughter's booth" Assyrian or Babylonian deity worshipped by the Babylonians in Samaria
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Succoth-benoth
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Historical dictionary entry
Tents of daughters, supposed to be the name of a Babylonian deity, the goddess Zir-banit, the wife of Merodach, worshipped by the colonists in Samaria (2 Kings 17:30).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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