2 Samuel 8:13 - Easy To Read Version

¹³ David defeated 18,000 Arameans in Salt Valley. He was famous when he came home.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ 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

¹³ David won renown. When he returned he slew 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ 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

¹³ So David made a name for himself. When he returned, he killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Salt Valley.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ 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

¹³ David also made himself a name, when he returned after taking Syria in the valley of the saltpits, killing eighteen thousand:

2 Samuel 8:13 Cross References

Genesis 11:4

Then the people said, “We should build a city for ourselves. And we should build a tower that will reach to the sky. We will be famous. {And this will keep us together.} We will not be scattered all over the earth.”

2 Samuel 7:9

I have been with you every place you went. I have defeated your enemies for you. I will make you one of the most famous people on earth.

1 Kings 11:15

This is how it happened: Earlier David defeated Edom. Joab was the commander of David’s army. Joab went into Edom to bury dead people. Joab killed all the men still living there.

2 Kings 14:7

Amaziah killed 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. In war Amaziah took Sela and called it “Joktheel.” That place is still called “Joktheel” today.

1 Chronicles 18:12

Abishai son of Zeruiah killed 18,000 Edomite people in the Valley of Salt.

2 Chronicles 25:11

Then Amaziah became very brave and led his army to the Salt Valley in the country of Edom. In that place, Amaziah’s army killed 10,000 men from Seir. {\cf2\super [289]}

Psalm 60:1

God, you were angry at us.\par You rejected us\par and destroyed us.\par Please make us whole again.\par