In the Negev there are also kibbutzim with the names of the two other "friends": nearby Tzofar and Elifaz in the southern Arava.

Bildad also served as a transit point for new settlement in the Arava valley.

The first settlement phase of Tzukim was supposed to begin in 2003, with fifty families.

Tzukim's economy is mainly based on tourism, education and art.

[4] Today there 3 active kindergartens and also a youth movement in the settlement.