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d lands to the West of the Dead Sea, where a scanty pasturage is still obtained by wandering Bedouin tribes.
Where is Secacah in the Bible?
Secacah was a town located in the wilderness region of Judah, listed among the cities of that territory in Joshua 15:61. The settlement stood in the arid lands west of the Dead Sea, an area characterized by sparse vegetation and difficult terrain where nomadic groups still travel today. While the exact location of ancient Secacah is uncertain, scholars have proposed it may correspond to Khirbet es-Siqqeh, a ruined site located approximately two miles south of Bethany. Archaeological evidence suggests the region once supported more settled populations in biblical times, though the name Secacah itself has been lost to modern geography. This wilderness town reflects the broader settlement patterns of Judah's remote frontier territories during the biblical period.
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- Joshua
Secacah
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)d lands to the West of the Dead Sea, where a scanty pasturage is still obtained by wandering Bedouin tribes. There are many signs in this district of more settled habitation in ancient times, but the name Secacah is lost. Conder proposed Khirbet edition Diqqeh] (also called Khirbet es Siqqeh), "the ruin of the path," some 2 miles South of Bethany. Though an ancient site, it is too near the inhabited area; the name, too, is uncertain (PEF, III, 111, Sh XVII).
E. W. G. Masterman
(1) (Codex Alexandrinus Sechenias; omitted in Codex Vaticanus and Swete): 1 Esdras 8:29 = "Shecaniah" in Ezr 8:3; the arrangement in Ezra is different.
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