The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 25:12
The top of the rock . The parallel uses the Hebrew word without translation, Selah ( הַסֶּלַע ). There is little doubt that this is Petra . The parallel tells us the interesting fact that Amaziah, perhaps under the influence of a spasmodic touch of devout-hess or gratitude, changed the name of Selah, or rather endeavoured to change it, to Joktheel, which Gesenius translates "subjugated of God." This name had already occurred in Joshua 15:38 . The new name, however, did not last, as... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 25:11
Strengthened himself . The hithp, conjugation of our already familiar verb חָזַק ; it was not a healthy strengthening, and this may be considered denoted in the fact that the work was all his own, and that he wrought himself up. The valley of salt. Commonly supposed to be the plain south of the Salt Sea, but according to Stanley, more probably a "ravine near Petra" ( 1 Chronicles 18:12 ; 2 Samuel 8:13 ). (For the association of Seir with Edom, see Genesis 36:17-20 ; 2... read more