jotbah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
jotbah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(goodness), the native place of Meshullemeth, the queen of Manasseh. #2Ki 21:19|
jotbah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
JOT'BAH (goodness, pleasantness), a place where Haruz resided, 2 Kgs 21:19. perhaps the same as Jotbath.
jotbah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
The city of Meshullemeth, Manasseh's queen, mother of Amen ( Kings 21:19). Now Et Taiyib, N. of Jerusalem, in Benjamin. Meaning goodness. The good soil explains the name. Distinct from the following: JOTBATHAH; JOTBATH one stage of Israel in the wilderness, "a land of torrents ofwaters" (Numbers 33:33; Deuteronomy 10:7). Now wady Tabah, six miles S.W. of the head of the Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea, abounding in water, tamarisks, and palms. Robinson calls it wady el Adhbeh, a sandy plain descending into wady el Jerafeh; next Gudgodah or Horhagidgad.