Joktheel

William Smith's Bible Dictionary

(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.

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