1 Chronicles 18:12
And Abshai the son of Zeruyah smote of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand [men].
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:8Then said Abishai to David, God hath surrendered this day thy enemy into thy hand: and now let me strike him through, I pray thee, with the spear, even to the earth with one blow, and I will not give him a second one.
2 Samuel 7:13He it is that shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
2 Samuel 10:10And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, who arrayed himself against the children of 'Ammon.
2 Samuel 16:9Then said Abishai the son of Zeruyah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my Lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and remove his head.
2 Samuel 20:6And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba' the son of Bichri do us more harm than [did] Abshalom: take thou the servants of thy Lord, and pursue after him, lest he succeed in reaching fortified cities, and withdraw himself from our eyes.
2 Samuel 23:18And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruyah, was the chief of these three; and he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain, and had a name among the three.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 18:10-17
9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; 10 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. 11 Them also king David dedicated unto the Lord , with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of… Read the whole commentary →