1 Chronicles 18:12
And Abishai son of Zeruiah smote the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, eighteen thousand.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 26:8And Abishai said to David, The Lord has this day shut up thine enemy into thy hands, and now I will smite him to the earth with the spear to the ground once for all, and I will not smite him again.
2 Samuel 7:13He shall build for me a house to my name, and I will set up his throne even forever.
2 Samuel 10:10And the rest of the people he gave into the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set the battle in array opposite to the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel 16:9And Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why does this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over now and take off his head.
2 Samuel 20:6And David said to Amasa, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than Absalom: now then take thou with thee the servants of thy lord, and follow after him, lest he find for himself strong cities, so will he blind our eyes.
2 Samuel 23:18And Abishai the brother of Joab the son of Zeruiah, he was chief among the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew; and he had a name among 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 →