Place
Sela
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Summary
Edom's rock-cut stronghold in the clefts (Obad 1:3; 2 Kings 14:7), identified by long tradition with the later Nabatean Petra.
- Among the passages here, Sela is first named in Judges 1:36: “And the border of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela…”
- The record places Sela in Edom.
- 5 verses name Sela, in 4 books.
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In Scripture
- Verses
- 5
- Books
- 4
Near Sela
- Mount Hor4.7 km · 3.0 mi W
- Bozrah48 km · 30 mi N
- Gomorrah93 km · 58 mi N
- Sodom97 km · 61 mi N
- Kadesh-Barnea101 km · 63 mi NW
- Beersheba118 km · 73 mi NW
Straight-line distances, computed from the gazetteer coordinates.
Where it is
the country around it
- Coordinates
- 30.3224° N, 35.4563° Efind it on the Atlas →
- Region
- Edom
- Kind of place
- City
- Located: the gazetteer fixes one site
Sela in Scripture
5 verses name it, in 4 books
Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible.
First namedJudges 1:36And the border of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela and beyond.Last namedIsaiah 42:11Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
Old TestamentNew Testamentsegment width = share of mentions
Old Testament4 books · 5 mentions
Judges1 mention
1 Samuel1 mention
2 Kings1 mention
Isaiah2 mentions
Sources cited
- OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding: Selaread 2026-08-20The coordinates on this page. Used under CC-BY with attribution to OpenBible.info.
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