2 Samuel 8:13

And David made himself a name: and when he returned he smote Idumea in Gebelem to the number of eighteen thousand.

Brenton Septuagint

In The 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.

In Context

12out of Idumea, and out of Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalec, and from the spoils of Adraazar son of Raab king of Suba.

14And he set garrisons in Idumea, even in all Idumea: and all the Idumeans were servants to the king. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 7:9And I was with thee wheresoever thou wentest, and I destroyed all thine enemies before thee, and I made thee renowned according to the renown of the great ones on the earth.

2 Kings 14:7He smote of Edom ten thousand in the + 14:7 The Gr. is from בוי מלח Keri.valley of salt, and took + 14:7 Heb. Selah.the Rock in the war, and called its name Jethoel until this day.

2 Chronicles 25:11And Amasias strengthened himself, and took his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote there the children of Seir ten thousand.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 8:10-15

David Conquers Edom. ( b. c. 1042.) 9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, 10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: 11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord , with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; 12 Of… Read the whole commentary →

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