HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3371
יׇקְתְאֵל
yoq.te.el — Joktheel
§ Joktheel = "the blessedness of God" a city in the low country of Judah named next to Lachish
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Joktheel
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Subdued by God. (1.) A city of Judah near Lachish (Josh. 15, 38). Perhaps the ruin Kutlaneh, south of Gezer. (2.) Amaziah, king of Judah, undertook a great expedition against Edom (2 Chr. 25:5-10), which was completely successful. He routed the Edomites and slew vast numbers of them. So wonderful did this victory appear to him that he acknowledged that it could have been achieved only by the special help of God, and therefore he called Selah (q.v.), their great fortress city, by the name of Joktheel (2 Kings 14:7).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.