1 Chronicles 18:12
10 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
11 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David’s servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
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Compare
- BSB
- Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
- KJV
- Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
- WEB
- Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
- ASV
- Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.
- DARBY
- And Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
- BLB
- And Abishai son of Zeruiah struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—eighteen thousand.
- ÅB
- Det var Absai, Serujas sønn, som slo edomittene i Saltdalen, atten tusen mann.
- OTB
- Abisjai, sønn av Seruja, oppnådde seier over atten tusen edomitter i Saltdalen.
- B1930
- Det var Absai, Serujas sønn, som slo edomittene i Saltdalen, atten tusen mann.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
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Psalms 60:1
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
Read in context2 Chronicles 25:11
And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
Read in context1 Chronicles 2:16
Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
Read in context2 Samuel 8:13–14
And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
Read in context1 Chronicles 11:20
And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.
Read in context1 Samuel 26:6
Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
Read in context1 Chronicles 19:11
And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
Read in context2 Samuel 10:10
And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
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