Joktheel

Jok´theel (God-subdued).

A name given by King Azariah to the city Sela, or Petra, the capital of Arabia Petræa, when he took it from the Edomites (2Ki 14:7) [PETRA].

There was also a city of this name in the tribe of Judah (Jos 15:38).

1. A city of Judah, Jos 15:38 \par 2. The name given by Amaziah to the capital of Arabia Petraea, 2Ki 14:7 . See SELA.\par

Jok’the-el. (subdued by God).

1. A city in the low country of Judah, Jos 15:38. Named next to Lachish.

2. "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. 2Ki 14:7. The parallel narrative of 2Ch 25:11-13, supplies fuller details.

("subdued by God".)

1. A city in the low country of Judah (Jos 15:38), called so probably front the triumph there of God’s people over the idolatrous Canaanites (Jdg 1:9; Jdg 1:18); now the ruin Keitulaneh.

2. The name given to Selah or Petra (the rock), Edom’s capital, by Amaziah king of Judah. Its capture brought Edom again under Judah for 80 years (2Ki 14:7, where "unto this day" limits the date of 2 Kings to not beyond 80 years after Amaziah, 2Ki 16:6; 2Ch 28:17). Having beaten Edom in "the Valley of Salt," S. of the Dead Sea, he threw 10,000 captives from the cliff (2Ch 25:11-13).

[Jok’theel]

1. City in the lowlands of Judah. Jos 15:38.

2. Name given by Amaziah to Selah (the ’rock’) in Edom when captured by him. 2Ki 14:7.

JOKTHEEL.—1. A city described (Jos 15:33-38) as lying in ‘the Shephçlah.’ It came into possession of the tribe of Judah. Its site has not been recovered. 2. The name (which some have sought to explain from the Arab. [Note: Arabic.] , ‘protection of God’) given (2Ki 14:7) to Sela, the ancient capital of the Edomites, after its capture by Amaziah king of Judah.

jok´thḗ-el, jok´thēl (יקתאל, yoḳ^e-th^e’ēl) :

(1) A city in the Shephelah of Judah named between Mizpeh and Lachish (Jos 15:38); unidentified.

(2) A city in Edom formerly called Sela, taken by Amaziah after the battle in the Valley of Salt, and by him called Joktheel (2Ki 14:7). See SELA.