Sela in the Bible

Meaning: a rock

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

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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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