Dictionary entry

JOKTHEEL

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(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.