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2 Samuel 8:13
2 Samuel 8:13 is verse 13 of 2 Samuel chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
A few Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Syriac (see also verse 14 and 1 Chronicles 18:12); most Hebrew manuscripts Arameans
King James Version
And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
World English Bible
David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.
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2 Samuel 8:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible
11 and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—
12 from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
13 And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
14 He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
15 Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Samuel 7:9I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
1 Chronicles 18:12Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
Psalms 60:1You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
2 Kings 14:7Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
2 Chronicles 25:11Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,