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Joktheel
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Subdued by God.
Joktheel (1)
#A city of Judah near Lachish (Josh. 15, 38). Perhaps the ruin Kutlaneh, south of Gezer.
Joktheel (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).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(subdued by God).
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.
In the Bible
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Verses where Joktheel is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 2 Kings 14:7
Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
- Joshua 15:38
Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
Scripture on Joktheel
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Entries that reference Joktheel
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Joktheel references
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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