Joktheel

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

1. A city of the territory of the tribe of Judah

• Joshua 15:38 Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,

2. A name given by Amaziah to Selah, a stronghold of Edom

• 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.
• 2 Chronicles 25:11–12 Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir, and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.

Called "rock" in

• Judges 1:36 And the border of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela and beyond.