2 Samuel 8:13

WEB

¹³David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.

KJV

¹³And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.

BSB

¹³And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites ^[+] in the Valley of Salt.

FBV

¹³David also made a name for himself when he came back after defeating eighteen thousand Edomites^[+] in the Valley of Salt.

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2 Kings 14:7

⁷He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.

2 Samuel 7:9

⁹I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.

1 Chronicles 18:12

¹²Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

Psalms 60:1

¹God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.

2 Chronicles 25:11

¹¹Amaziah took courage, and led his people out and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the children of Seir.