2 Chronicles 25:12 - Exposition

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 the Edomites recovered soon the country of ( 2 Chronicles 28:17 ; Amos 1:11 ; Isaiah 16:1 , Isaiah 16:2 ) Arabia Petraea, of which Selah or Petra was the capital. Left alive. The Revised Version correctly renders, carry away alive. The cruelty of the Edomites receives many illustrations (see last references, and Ezekiel 25:12-14 ; Obadiah 1:1-15 ).