JOKTHEEL

(Jokʹthe·el).

1. A city of Judah in the Shephelah (Josh. 15:20, 33, 38), the exact location of which city is today unknown.

2. The Edomite city of Sela, which was conquered by Judean King Amaziah and renamed Joktheel. (2 Ki. 14:1, 7) It has been linked with Umm el-Bayyarah, an acropolis located some fifty miles (80 kilometers) S of the Dead Sea.