The site where the nations surrounding Israel will be judged by God for transgressions committed against Israel according to (Joel 3:2, Joel 3:12). Some scholars claim that the Valley of Jehoshaphat was known before Joel’s time and that it was named for Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. Most scholars, however, believe that it was Joel who symbolically named a valley in Jerusalem, possibly the Kidron Valley or Gehinom, Jehoshaphat, namely, “Yahweh judges.” It is the place where Yahweh “will enter into judgment” (Joel 3:2) and “will sit to judge” (Joel 3:12), a place also called the “valley of decision” (Joel 3:14).
