Topic
Joktheel
9 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- 2 Kings 14:7Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A name given by Amaziah to Selah, a stronghold of Edom
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
- Joshua 15:38Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A city of the territory of the tribe of Judah
And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
- Joshua 15:1–63Easton
This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay…
- Judges 1:36Nave 2. A name given by Amaziah to Selah, a stronghold of Edom — Called “rock” in
And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
- Judges 14:1–20Easton
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me…
- 2 Chronicles 25:5–10Easton
¶ Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them…
- 2 Chronicles 25:11–13Smith
¶ And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of…
- 2 Chronicles 25:11Nave 2. A name given by Amaziah to Selah, a stronghold of Edom
¶ And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
- 2 Chronicles 25:12Nave 2. A name given by Amaziah to Selah, a stronghold of Edom
And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
Subdued by God. (1.) A city of Judah near Lachish (Josh. 15, 38). Perhaps the ruin Kutlaneh, south of Gezer.
(2.) Amaziah, king of Judah, undertook a great expedition against Edom (2 Chr. 25:5-10), which was completely successful. He routed the Edomites and slew vast numbers of them. So wonderful did this victory appear to him that he acknowledged that it could have been achieved only by the special help of God, and therefore he called Selah (q.v.), their great fortress city, by the name of Joktheel (2 Kings 14:7).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
- A city in the low country of Judah, (Joshua 15:38) named next to Lachish.
- "God-subdued," the title given by Amaziah to the cliff (Authorized Version Selah) --the stronghold of the Edomites-- after he had captured it from them. (2 Kings 14:7) The parallel narrative of (2 Chronicles 25:11-13) supplies fuller details.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.