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1. Unidentified site on the border of the Amorites (Jgs 1:36).

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OET-RV JDG 1:36

36 The Amorim border went from the Scorpion Pass through Sela and upward from there.

OET-LV JDG 1:36

36 And_the _border _of the_ʼAmorī was_from_the_ascent _of scorpions from_(the)_Sela and_upward_upwards.

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2. Edomite stronghold (2 Kgs 14:7). On this site the Nabatean city of Petra was built. See Petra.

Show passage in OET: KI2 14:7

OET-RV KI2 14:7

7 He led the victory over ten thousand Edomim in the Salt Valley, seizing Sela in the battle and renaming it as Yakete’el which it’s still called today.

OET-LV KI2 14:7

7 He he _defeated DOM ʼEdōm in _the _Valley _of _Salt_in_the_Valley _of Salt ten _of thousand(s) and_he _seized DOM (the)_Şelaˊ in_battle and_he/it _called DOM his/its_name Yoqtə^ʼēl/(Joktheel) until the_day (the)_this.

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3. Unidentified place mentioned in Isaiah’s prophecy against Moab (Is 16:1).

Show passage in OET: ISA 16:1

OET-RV ISA 16:1

16 Send a ram to Yehudah’s (Judah’s) ruler
⇔ from Sela in the wilderness to the mountain of the daughter of Tsiyon (Zion).

OET-LV ISA 16:1

16 Send a _lamb the_ruler _of the_land from_Şelaˊ wilderness_to_the to the _mountain _of the _daughter _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion).

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