Difference between revisions of "Joktheel"

<li> Amaziah, king of Judah, undertook a great expedition against [[Edom]] (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 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]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 14:7 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Joktheel'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/joktheel.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> (Hebrew Yooktheel', יָקְתְאֵלֵ '', Subdued'' by [[God]] )'','' the name of two cities. </p> <p> '''1.''' (Sept. Ι᾿εχθαήλ v.r. Ι᾿αχαρεήλ .) A town in the plain of Judah, mentioned between [[Mizpeh]] and [[Lachish]] (&nbsp;Joshua 15:38). The associated names indicate a locality in the district southwest or west of [[Eleutheropolis]] (Keil's ''Commentary,'' ad loc.); possibly at ''Balin,'' a small modern village a little south of Tell es-Safieh (Robinson, ''Researches,'' 2, 368). </p> <p> '''2.''' (Sept. Ι᾿εκθοήλ v.r. Ι᾿εθοήλ .) The name given by king Amaziah to SELAH, the capital of Idumaea, or Arabia Petrea, and subsequently borne by it (&nbsp;2 Kings 14:7); from which circumstance he appears to have improved it after having captured it. (See Petra). </p>