Places in the Bible › Sela
Sela
Town or city mentioned in 5 verses of the Bible, most often in Isaiah.
Where it appears
Isaiah (2), Judges (1), 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1)
Key verses
- Judges 1:36 first mention — And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
- 2 Kings 14:7 — He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
- 2 Chronicles 25:12 — And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
- Isaiah 16:1 — Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
- Isaiah 42:11 — Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Nearby places
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. OpenBible.info rates this identification as uncertain; scholars propose other sites. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.