Karkor
Karkor is a settlement mentioned in 1 verse. Its most likely location is Al Qarqar. The name means “they rested.”
Where is Karkor?
Approx. 31.3631, 37.5428 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Al Qarqar | settlement | Medium |
| Karkagheisch | settlement | Low |
| Carcaria | settlement | Low |
| Al Baqa’a | valley | Low |
| in Wadi Sirhan | settlement | Low |
| within 8 km of Penuel | settlement | Low |
Karkor in the Bible dictionary
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.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain. Full dictionary entry →
Verses that mention Karkor
- Judges 8:10
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.