SECACAH sĭ kā kə (סְכָכָֽה, covering, or barricade). Probably one of four Iron II sites in the Valley of Achor (modern Buqei’ah) in the vicinity of Khirbet Qumran. Assuming that the lines of cities mentioned in Joshua 15:61, 62 consistently runs from N to S, it is Khirbet es-Samrah. The remains feature the following: a large double-walled fortress with an enclosed cistern, nearby dam complexes for exploiting the scanty rainfall, and remains of several stone towers. The pottery fragments all come from a single period, Iron II. See City of Salt.