2 Samuel 8:13 - The Scriptures 2009

¹³ And Dawiḏ made a name for himself when he returned from striking eighteen thousand Arameans in the Valley of Salt.

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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

And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over all the face of the earth.”

2 Samuel 7:9

“And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are on the earth.

1 Kings 11:15

And it came to be, when Dawiḏ was in Eḏom, and Yo’aḇ the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had struck every male in Eḏom –

2 Kings 14:7

He struck Eḏom in the Valley of Salt, ten thousand, and took Sela in battle, and called its name Yoqthe’ĕl to this day.

1 Chronicles 18:12

And Aḇishai son of Tseruyah struck eighteen thousand Eḏomites in the Valley of Salt,

2 Chronicles 25:11

And Amatsyahu strengthened himself, and led his people, and went to the Valley of Salt and struck ten thousand of the sons of Sĕ‛ir.

Psalm 60:1

O Elohim, You have rejected us; You have broken us; You have been displeased; Turn back to us!