A place where Gideon defeated Zebah and Zalmunna
Karkor
Named in 1 verse of Judges, first in Judges 8:10.
קַרְקֹרKarkor
The name means “they rested.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Karkor Written by AI
Karkor was a location east of the Jordan River where Gideon, a judge of Israel, pursued and defeated the Midianite kings Zebah and Zalmunna (Judges 8:10). After Gideon's initial victory over the Midianites, he learned that Zebah and Zalmunna had escaped with about 15,000 men. Gideon and his 300 men pursued them to Karkor, where they launched a surprise attack and captured the two kings. The exact location of Karkor is not known, but it was likely situated in the region of Gilead, east of the Jordan River.
Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.
Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
Foundation, a place in the open desert wastes on the east of Jordan (Judg. 8:10), not far beyond Succoth and Penuel, to the south. Here Gideon overtook and routed a fugitive band of Midianites under Zeba and Zalmunna, whom he took captive.
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
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Where the Bible names it
- Judges 8:10
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.