they rested
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
KARKOR.A place apparently in Gilead (Jdg_8:10). The site is unknown.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Where Gideon finally dispersed the remains of Zebah and Zalmunna's host (Jdg_8:10-11), E. of Jordan, in the open region of the nomadic tribes. The rich plain En Nukrah in the Hauran. From a root "to dig," expressing deep soft level ground; related to Kerak, "an even floor."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Kar'kor. (foundation). The place in which Zebah and Zalmunna were again routed by Gideon, Jdg_8:10, must have been on the east of Jordan.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
kar?kor (קרקר, ḳarḳōr): An unidentified place where Gideon surprised and overwhelmed the remnants of the army of Zeba and Zalmunnah (Jdg_8:10 ff). It probably corresponds to Ḳarkar mentioned by Shalmaneser II, S. of Hamath (KB, I, 173).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Karkor
(Heb. Karkor', קִרְקֹר, foundation;. Sept. Καρκάρ v. r. Καρκά,Vulg. requiescebant), a place beyond Jordan whither the Midianitish princes Zeba and Zalmunna had retired with their remaining army after the first rout by Gideon, who pursued and routed them again in its vicinity (Jdg_8:10). From the context it appears to have been situated not far beyond Succoth and Penuel, towards the south, in a naturally secure spot east of Nobah and Jogbehah; indications that point to a locality among the southern openings of Jebel Zurka, north-east of Rabbath Ammon. Schwarz supposes (Palest. p. 223) that el-Kerah is meant, a place a few miles south- eastof Draa or Edrei, in the Hauran; but this is too far distant north- easterly. Eusebius's comparison of the castle (φρούριον) Carcaria (Καρκαρία, Onomast.), one day's journey distant from Petra, is equally foreign; and this may be the modern Kerak of Moab. SEE KENATH.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.