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1 Chronicles 18:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

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Amaziah strengthened his position and led his people to the Salt Valley. He struck down ten thousand Seirites,


He placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai. They lined up in formation to engage the Ammonites.


Abishai,  Joab’s brother, was the leader of the Three.  He raised his spear against three hundred men and killed them, gaining a reputation among the Three.


Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.


He placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai. They lined up in formation to engage the Ammonites.


Then David asked Ahimelech the Hethite  and Joab’s brother Abishai  son of Zeruiah, ‘Who will go with me into the camp  to Saul? ’ ‘I’ll go with you,’ answered Abishai.


Amaziah killed ten thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.  He took Sela  in battle and called it Joktheel,  which is still its name today.


Abishai, Joab’s brother and son of Zeruiah,  was leader of the Three.  He wielded his spear against three hundred men and killed them, gaining a reputation among the Three.


But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, ‘You must never again go out with us to battle. You must not extinguish the lamp of Israel.’


So David said to Abishai, ‘Sheba son of Bichri will do more harm to us than Absalom. Take your lord’s soldiers and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.’


When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai and entered the city. So Joab withdrew from the attack against the Ammonites and went to Jerusalem.


He is the one who will build a house for my name,  and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.


Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.


Then Abishai said to David, ‘Today God has delivered your enemy to you. Let me thrust the spear through him into the ground just once. I won’t have to strike him twice! ’


Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.


King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all the nations #– #from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and the Amalekites.


He put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. The Lord made David victorious wherever he went.





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