Joktheel in the Bible

Exact Match

He smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Sela in the war, and called the name of it Joktheel to this day.

Verse ConceptsSaltValleysTens Of ThousandsGiven Names To This DayNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

Thematic Bible



Amaziah boldly led his army to the Valley of Salt, where he defeated 10,000 Edomites. The men of Judah captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them over. All the captives fell to their death.

He defeated 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day.


Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,


The border of Amorite territory ran from the Scorpion Ascent to Sela and on up.


References

Hastings

Easton

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

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