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Jeruel

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(founded). Unknown battlefield (2 Chron. 20:16¹⁶To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. (2 Chronicles 20:16)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

A wilderness where Jehoshaphat was to find his enemies, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir, who destroyed one another (2 Chron. 20:16, 23¹⁶To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. (2 Chronicles 20:16)
²³For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. (2 Chronicles 20:23)). Doubtless in some part of the wilderness west of the Dead Sea, but it is not definitely identified.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

3385 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Yruw’el

Phonic:

yer-oo-ale’

Meaning:

from 3384 and 410; founded of God; Jeruel, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage:

Jeruel

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

fear ye God: taught of God

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

The reverence of God; awe; founded of God:―a place in Palestine, 2 Chron. 20:16. {Metus Dei}