Joktheel

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Amaziah, king of Judah, undertook a great expedition against Edom ( 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 ( 2 Kings 14:7 ).

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.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Joktheel'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/joktheel.html. 1897.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("subdued by God".)

1. A city in the low country of Judah ( Joshua 15:38), called so probably front the triumph there of God's people over the idolatrous Canaanites ( Judges 1:9;  Judges 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 ( 2 Kings 14:7, where "unto this day" limits the date of 2 Kings to not beyond 80 years after Amaziah,  2 Kings 16:6;  2 Chronicles 28:17). Having beaten Edom in "the Valley of Salt," S. of the Dead Sea, he threw 10,000 captives from the cliff ( 2 Chronicles 25:11-13).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jok'the-el. (subdued by God).

1. A city in the low country of Judah,  Joshua 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.  2 Kings 14:7. The parallel narrative of  2 Chronicles 25:11-13, supplies fuller details.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

JOKTHEEL. 1. A city described (  Joshua 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 (  2 Kings 14:7 ) to Sela , the ancient capital of the Edomites, after its capture by Amaziah king of Judah.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

1. A city of Judah,  Joshua 15:38

2. The name given by Amaziah to the capital of Arabia Petraea,  2 Kings 14:7 . See Sela .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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

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

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 15:38 2 2 Kings 14:7Selah

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew Yooktheel', יָקְתְאֵלֵ , subdued by God), the name of two cities.

1. (Sept. Ι᾿εχθαήλ v.r. Ι᾿αχαρεήλ .) A town in the plain of Judah, mentioned between Mizpeh and Lachish ( 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).

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 ( 2 Kings 14:7); from which circumstance he appears to have improved it after having captured it. (See Petra).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

jok´thḗ - el , jok´thēl ( יקתאל , yoḳe - the'ēl ) :

(1) A city in the Shephelah of Judah named between Mizpeh and Lachish ( Joshua 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 ( 2 Kings 14:7 ). See Sela .

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

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 [PETRA].

There was also a city of this name in the tribe of Judah .