Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 14:7

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.

i. e. Of the Edomites, or the children of Seir, as they are called 2 Chron. 25. [illegible: 1+ letters] 1. either, because they dwelt in Seir; See Gen. 36. 8. or, because these people were confederates. And he invaded these People because they were Subjects to his Kingdom, from which they had revolted in Ioram's days, 2 King. 8. 20.

Which was the Land of Edom: Of which see 2 Sam. 8. 13. Psal. 60. 2.

Or, the rock: the chief City of that part of Arabia, called by other Authors Petra, which signifies a rock, because it was built upon a Rock, [illegible: 1+ letters] Chron. 25. 12

Which signifies, the obedience of God, i. e. given him by God as a reward of his Obeidence to Gods Message by the Prophet, 2 Chron. 25. 8, 9.

Marginal references: Or, the rock.