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Sela

’=Se’lah, rock, the capital of Edom, situated in the great valley extending from the Dead Sea to the Red Sea (2 Kings 14:7). It was near Mount Hor, close by the desert of Zin. It is called “the rock” (Judg. 1:36). When Amaziah took it he called it Joktheel (q.v.) It is mentioned by the prophets (Isa. 16:1; Obad. 1:3) as doomed to destruction.

It appears in later history and in the Vulgate Version under the name of Petra. “The caravans from all ages, from the interior of Arabia and from the Gulf of Persia, from Hadramaut on the ocean, and even from Sabea or Yemen, appear to have pointed to Petra as a common centre; and from Petra the tide seems again to have branched out in every direction, to Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, through Arsinoe, Gaza, Tyre, Jerusalem, and Damascus, and by other routes, terminating at the Mediterranean.”

City

KJB,ESV = ‘Sela’

Recorded scripture occurrences (3)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

JDG 1:36: RV JDG 1:36 · LV JDG 1:36 · Read together JDG 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.

ISA 16:1: RV ISA 16:1 · LV ISA 16:1 · Read together ISA 16:1

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OET-RV ISA 16:1

16 Send a ram to Yehudah’s (Judah) 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).

ISA 42:11: RV ISA 42:11 · LV ISA 42:11 · Read together ISA 42:11

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OET-RV ISA 42:11

11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice—
⇔ the villages where the Bedouins live.
⇔ Let the inhabitants of Edom’s capital Sela sing.
⇔ ≈ Let them shout from the mountaintops.

OET-LV ISA 42:11

11 The_wilderness and_cities _of_its let _them _lift _up the_villages Qēdār where_it _dwells the _inhabitants _of Şelaˊ let _them _shout _for _joy from_the_top _of the_mountains let _them _cry _aloud.

JDG: all 1 recorded references

JDG 1:36: RV JDG 1:36 · LV JDG 1:36 · Read together JDG 1:36

ISA: all 2 recorded references

ISA 16:1: RV ISA 16:1 · LV ISA 16:1 · Read together ISA 16:1

ISA 42:11: RV ISA 42:11 · LV ISA 42:11 · Read together ISA 42:11

Words tagged with this person or place

These links follow the source-word tags and may include pronouns. Tagging is not exhaustive.

JDG: 1 tagged passages

JDG 1:36: מֵ,הַ,סֶּ֖לַע

ISA: 2 tagged passages

ISA 16:1: מִ,סֶּ֣לַע

ISA 42:11: סֶ֔לַע

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