And they said, Come, 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 - King James 2000 And David got him a name when he returned from defeating of the Edomites in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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, Come, 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 was with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies out of your sight, and have made you a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed every male in Edom;
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.
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and killed of the children of Seir ten thousand.
[To the Chief Musician upon shushaneduth. A michtam of David to teach; when he fought with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.] O God, you have cast us off, you have scattered us, you have been displeased; O turn yourself to us again.