Succoth-benoth or Succoth Benoth was a Babylon

Babylon

Babylon was an Akkadian city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad...

ian deity, one of the deities

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 of the city of Samaria

Samaria

Samaria, or the Shomron is a term used for a mountainous region roughly corresponding to the northern part of the West Bank.- Etymology :...

 mentioned by name in 2 Kings

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 17:30.http://www.mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et09b17.htm The Bible says that these deities were idols

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, although the Samaritan

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s were not punished because they worshipped the God of the Israelites

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 as well. Like Ashima

Ashima

Ashima is one of several deities protecting the individual cities of Samaria who are mentioned specifically by name in 2 Kings 17:30 in the Hebrew Bible...

, the identity of Succoth-benoth is unknown.

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'Succoth' is another term for Sukkot

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, a Jewish

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 festival, from Hebrew

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 sukkah, meaning a booth or hut. ' succoth-benoth ' may have been a Babylonian

Akkadian language

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variant.