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Jotbah
Holman Bible Dictionary
(jaht' buh) Place name meaning, “it is good.” Home of Meshullemeth, the queen mother of King Amon of Judah about 642-640 B.C. (2 Kings 21:19 ). It was located at khirbet Gefat about nine miles north of Nazareth. Others would identify it with the closely related Hebrew name Jotbathah (Numbers 33:34 ) and locate it at et-Taba twenty miles north of Akaba. See Jotbathah; Meshullemeth .
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Jotbah'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/j/jotbah.html. 1991.