1 Kings 4:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The third division was also in the land of the Philistines, being part of the territory assigned to Judah. Sochoh is mentioned in Joshua 15:35, and is noticed in 1 Samuel 17:1-3 as close to the field of battle on which David slew Goliath. Hepher is an old Amorite city which was conquered by Joshua (Joshua 12:17), still, by a curious survival, giving its name to the whole district, to which the name Aruboth (otherwise unknown) is here also given.

1 Kings 4:10

10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: