And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
2 Samuel 8:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition David won renown. When he returned he slew 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. American Standard Version (1901) And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men. Common English Bible So David made a name for himself. When he returned, he killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Salt Valley. Catholic Public Domain Version David also made a name for himself when he returned from seizing Syria, in the Valley of the Salt Pits, having cut down eighteen thousand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version David also made himself a name, when he returned after taking Syria in the valley of the saltpits, killing eighteen thousand: |
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.
For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, and had smitten every male in Edom;
He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.
And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; O restore us again.