Smith's Bible Names Dictionary – Joktheel
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Joktheel

(subdued by God).

+ A city in the low country of Judah, (Joshua 15:38) named next to Lachish.

+ "God-subdued," the title given by Amaziah to the cliff (Authorized Version Selah)--the stronghold of the Edomites-- after he had captured it from them. (2 Kings 14:7) The parallel narrative of (2 Chronicles 25:11-13) supplies fuller details.