Sela in the Bible

Meaning: a rock

Exact Match

So Saul stopped pursuing David and went to confront the Philistines. Therefore that place is called Sela Hammahlekoth.

Verse ConceptsEscapingEscaping From People

Thematic Bible



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.

Send rams as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the hill of Daughter Zion.


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