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Sokho (thus in Hebrew; Soco from the Greek sources; also transliterated Sokhoh and Sochoh but not with initial Sh; Biblical Hebrew: שוכו, שוכה, Mishnaic Hebrew סוכו), meaning perhaps related to "fence" or "hedge", is the name of two towns in Judah from Biblical times, one in the mountain district, and one in the lowlands (the Shephelah of Judah), situated between Adullam and Azekah (Josh. 15:35). (There may have been another Sokho, in the Sharon near to Yaham.)

The Philistines camped between the latter Sokho and Azekah prior to the encounter of David and Goliath (Sam. 17:1). Rehoboam fortified the place (Chron. 11:7). It was one of the cities occupied temporarily by the Philistines in the time of Ahaz (Chron. 28:18). In that period it sarved as an administrative or storage center, being one of the four cities named on the la-melekh stamps of the Judean monarchy.

The Mishnaic Rabbi Antigonus of Sokho, mentioned in Ethics of the Fathers (Pirkei Avot 1:3) came from Sokho.

In Byzantine times, Eusebius described Sokho as a double village (Eusebius, Onom. 156:18ff.), which was steel a center for pottery manufacture.

Today, the tel of Sokho is known as the "Hill of the Lupins," Givat Ha-Turmusim" because of the beautiful annual growth of lupins in March.

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-'''Sokhoh''' or '''Soco''' ('''Sokho'''; Biblical [[Hebrew]]: שוכו, שוכה, [[Mishnaic|Mishna]] [[Hebrew]] סוכו), meaning perhaps related to "fence" or "hedge", is the name of two towns in [[Judah]] from Biblical times, one in the mountain district near Khirbat Shuwayka, and one in the lowlands (the [[Shephelah]] of Judah), situated between [[Adullam]] and [[Azekah]] (Josh. 15:35). (There may have been another Sokho, in the Sharon near to Yaham.)
+'''Sokho''' (thus in Hebrew; '''Soco''' from the Greek sources; also transliterated '''Sokhoh'''  and '''Sochoh''' but not with initial '''Sh'''; [[Biblical Hebrew]]: שוכו, שוכה, [[Mishnaic Hebrew]] סוכו), meaning perhaps related to "fence" or "hedge", is the name of two towns in [[Judah]] from Biblical times, one in the mountain district, and one in the lowlands (the [[Shephelah]] of Judah), situated between [[Adullam]] and [[Azekah]] (Josh. 15:35). (There may have been another Sokho, in the Sharon near to Yaham.)
 The [[Philistines]] camped between the latter Sokho and Azekah prior to the encounter of [[David]] and [[Goliath]] (Sam. 17:1). Rehoboam fortified the place (Chron. 11:7). It was one of the cities occupied temporarily by the Philistines in the time of [[Ahaz]] (Chron. 28:18). In that period it sarved as an administrative or storage center, being one of the four cities named on the [[la-melekh]] stamps of the Judean monarchy.
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 The Mishnaic Rabbi [[Antigonus|Antigonus of Sokho]], mentioned in Ethics of the Fathers (Pirkei [[Avot]] 1:3) came from Sokho.
-In [[Byzantine]] times, the name applied to a double village (Eusebius, Onom. 156:18ff.), which was steel a center for pottery manufacture. It is identified with the twin mounds of Khirbat Abbād (the site of the earlier occupation) and the lowland Khirbat Shuwayka (occupied in the [[Iron Age]]), overlooking Wadi al-Samt (the valley of [[Elah]]), East of Azekah.
+In [[Byzantine]] times, Eusebius described Sokho as a double village (Eusebius, Onom. 156:18ff.), which was steel a center for pottery manufacture.
 Today, the [[tel]] of Sokho is known as the "Hill of the [[Lupin]]s," Givat Ha-Turmusim" because of the beautiful annual growth of [[lupin]]s in [[March]].