1 Chronicles 18:12
And Abesa son of Saruia struck the Idumeans in the valley of Salt, eighteen thousand.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 Abessa said to David, The Lord has this day shut up your enemy into your hands, and now I will + 26:8 Gr. double the stroke to him. strike him to the earth with the spear to the ground once for all, and I will not strike him again.
2 Samuel 7:13He shall build for me a house to my name, and I will set up his throne even for ever.
2 Samuel 10:10And the rest of the people he gave into the hand of Abessa his brother, and they set the battle in array opposite to the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel 16:9And Abessa the son of Saruia 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 Amessai, Now shall Sabee the son of Bochori do us more harm than Abessalom: now then take you with you the servants of your lord, and follow after him, lest he find for himself strong cities, so will he + 20:6 i.e. escape us. blind our eyes.
2 Samuel 23:18And Abessa the brother of Joab the son of Saruia, he was chief among the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he killed; 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 →