Sela in the Bible

Meaning: a rock

Exact Match

Send the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersRulersTaxationPossessing Sheep

Let [the] desert and its towns lift up their voice, [the] villages [that] Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy; let them shout loudly from [the] {top} of [the] mountains.

Verse ConceptsBlessing In The Wilderness

Thematic Bible



Joash executed 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley and captured Sela in battle, renaming it Joktheel, which remains its name to this day.

"Send a lamb to the ruler of the land, from Selah, by way of the desert, to the mountain of the Daughter of Zion.


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