Sela

A written article for Sela is still to come. Below and alongside: where Sela appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.

  • Sela
  • Sela 3 (Umm el Bayyara)
  • Sela 3 (another name for Sela 1)
  • Sela 1 (another name for Sela 2)

Original word

  • סֶלַע sela, selah
    H5554
Citations
“Sela 3.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/sela-3. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.
“Sela 3.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/sela-3. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.
“Sela 1.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/sela-1. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.
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Where Sela appears in Scripture

2 Kings 14

הוּא-הִכָּה אֶת-אֱדוֹם בְּגֵי-‫(המלח)‬ מֶלַח עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים וְתָפַשׂ אֶת-הַסֶּלַע בַּמִּלְחָמָה וַיִּקְרָא אֶת-שְׁמָהּ יָקְתְאֵל עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
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.

Isaiah 16

שִׁלְחוּ-כַר מֹשֵֽׁל-אֶרֶץ מִסֶּלַע מִדְבָּרָה אֶל-הַר בַּת-צִיּֽוֹן׃
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

יִשְׂאוּ מִדְבָּר וְעָרָיו חֲצֵרִים תֵּשֵׁב קֵדָר יָרֹנּוּ יֹשְׁבֵי סֶלַע מֵרֹאשׁ הָרִים יִצְוָֽחוּ׃
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.