2 Kings 14:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and took Sela by storm; he called it Jokthe-el, which is its name to this day.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Amaziah slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt 10,000, and took Sela (Greek petra [rock]) by war, and called it Joktheel, which is the name of it to this day.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ Next Amaziah struck down ten thousand Edomites in the Salt Valley and captured Sela in battle. He renamed it Jokthe-el, which is what it is still called today.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ He struck down ten thousand men of Idumea, in the Valley of the Salt Pits. And he captured 'the Rock' in battle, and he called its name 'Subdued by God,' even to the present day.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ He slew of Edom in the valley of the Saltpits ten thousand men, and took the rock by war, and called the name thereof Jectehel, unto this day.

2 Kings 14:7 Cross References

2 Samuel 8:13

David won a name for himself. When he returned, he killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

2 Samuel 8:14

He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.

2 Kings 14:10

You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory and stay at home, for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?”

1 Chronicles 18:12

Abishai son of Zeruiah killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

Psalm 60:1

O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; now restore us!

Isaiah 16:1

Send lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela, by way of the desert, to the mount of daughter Zion.

Jeremiah 49:16

The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Although you make your nest as high as the eagle’s, from there I will bring you down, says the Lord.

Obadiah 1:3

Your proud heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is in the heights. You say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”

Joshua 15:38

Dilan, Mizpeh, Jokthe-el,