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SUCCOTH-BENOTH

(Heb. sukkôṯ bĕnôṯ)

A Babylonian deity mentioned only once in the Bible (2 Kgs. 17:30) and never in cuneiform sources. Following the Assyrian king Shalmaneser V’s destruction of the northern kingdom of Israel in 722 b.c.e. and subsequent deportation of its inhabitants (2 Kgs. 17:1-6; 18:9-12), he and his successor Sargon II resettled in their place conquered peoples from other regions (17:24). Remaining Israelites attempted to teach the new inhabitants about Yahwism (2 Kgs. 17:27, 28), but “every nation still made gods of its own” (v. 29), with the Babylonians worshipping Succoth-benoth. The precise meaning of the name is uncertain (cf. Heb. “booths of/for girls”); “The Image of the Creatress (Banitu)” has been suggested.

Bibliography. M. Cogan, “Sukkoth-Benoth,” DDD, 821-22.

Chris A. Rollston






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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