Sokho

Sokho, alternate transliterations Sokho or Soch, but not with initial sh, Biblical שוכה, Mishnaic סוכו, meaning unknown, perhaps related to "fence" or "hedge", was a city in the plain or lowland of the Tribe of Judah, where the Philistines encamped when they invaded Judah after their defeat at Michmash.

It lay on the northern side of the Valley of Elah (Wady es-Sunt). It has been identified with the modern Khurbet Shuweikeh, about 14 miles south-west of Jerusalem. In this campaign Goliath was slain, and the Philistines were completely routed.

In a later period, the Mishnaic Rabbi Antigonus, mentioned in Ethics of the Fathers (Pirkei Avot) came from Sokho.

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.