And they said, Go to, 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 Version - American Edition And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians 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, Go to, 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 thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee 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 Jo´ab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten 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 Jok´theel unto this day.
Moreover, Ab´ishai the son of Zeru-i´ah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
And Amazi´ah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Se´ir ten thousand.
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou has scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.