Sukkiim
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Suk'kiim. (Booth-Dwellers). A nation mentioned in 2 Chronicles 12:3, with the Lubim and Cushim, as supplying part of the army, which came with Shishak, out of Egypt when he invaded Judah. The Sukkiim may correspond to some one of the shepherd, or wandering races, mentioned on the Egyptian monuments.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
SUKKIIM . The name of a tribe led by Shishak against Judæa ( 2 Chronicles 12:3 ). The identification of the Sukkiim with the inhabitants of Suakin is very uncertain.
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [3]
Allies of Shishak in his invasion of Judah, 2 Chronicles 12:3; probably from region southeast of Egypt.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(Heb. Sukkiyim', סַכַּיַּים , Booth-Dweller [Gesen.] or Inhabitants Of S [[Û K [F Ü]] rst]; Sept. Τρωγλοδύται ; Vulg. Troglodyte; A.V. "Sukkiims"), a nation mentioned ( 2 Chronicles 12:3) with the Lubim and Cushim as supplying part of the army which came with Shishak out of Egypt when he invaded Judah. If the name be Hebrew, it may perhaps be better to suppose them to have been an Arab tribe like the Scenite than Ethiopians. If it is borne in mind that Zerah was apparently allied with the Arabs south of Palestine (See Zerah); whom we know Shishak to have subdued, (See Shishak), our conjecture does not seem to be improbable. The Sukkiim may correspond to some one of the shepherd or wandering races mentioned on the Egyptian monuments, but we have not found any name in hieroglyphics resembling their name in the Bible, and this somewhat favors the opinion that it is a Shemitic appellation. — Smith. The Sept. and Vulg. render Troglodytes, apparently meaning the Ethiopians by that name, who lived on the western shore of the Arabian Gulf (Strabo, 17, 786), who might have been employed as fleet and light-armed auxiliaries of the Egyptians (Heliod. Eth. 8, 16). Pliny (6, 34) mentions a Troglodytic city in this direction called Suche (see Bochart, Phaleg, 4, 29). (See Ethiopia).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
suk´i - im ( סכּיּים , ṣukkı̄yı̄m ): Named in 2 Chronicles 12:3 as a tribe that took part with Libyans and Cretans in the invasion of Judea by Shishak. The identification is uncertain.
