Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the salt valley eighteen thousand,
New American Standard Bible
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah
King James Version
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
Holman Bible
Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
International Standard Version
Zeruiah's son Abishai killed 18,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley.
A Conservative Version
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
American Standard Version
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.
Amplified
Also Abishai the son of Zeruiah [David’s half sister] defeated 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
Bible in Basic English
And when he came back from putting to the sword eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt,
Darby Translation
And Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
Julia Smith Translation
And Abishai son of Zeruiah struck Edom in the valley of salt, eighteen thousand.
King James 2000
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Abishai son of Zeruiah defeated eighteen thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
Modern King James verseion
And Abishai the son of Zeruiah killed eighteen thousand of the men of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
NET Bible
Abishai son of Zeruiah killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
New Heart English Bible
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.
The Emphasized Bible
Moreover, Abishai, son of Zeruiah, smote Edom, in the Valley of Salt, - eighteen thousand;
Webster
Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
World English Bible
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Abishai son of Zeruiah hath smitten Edom in the valley of salt -- eighteen thousand,
Themes
Abishai » Defeats the edomites
Edomites » David makes conquest of
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 18:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
David's Victory Over His Enemies
11 And king David dedicated them also unto the LORD with the silver and gold that he brought from all nations, from the Edomites, from the Moabites, from the children of Ammon, from the Philistines, from the Amalekites. 12 And Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the salt valley eighteen thousand, 13 and put Soldiers in Edom, and all Edom became David's servants: for the LORD kept David in all that he took in hand.
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:6
Then answered David, and spake to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah and brother to Joab, saying, "Who will go down with me to Saul, to the host?" Abishai said, "I will go down with thee."
1 Samuel 26:8
The said Abishai to David, "God hath closed in thine enemy unto thine hand this day. Now therefore let me smite him a fellowship with my spear to the earth, even one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time."
2 Samuel 3:30
And the cause why Joab and Abishai slew Abner was that Abner had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in battle.
2 Samuel 7:13
And he shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the seat of his kingdom forever:
2 Samuel 8:13-14
And David made him a name after he returned from the slaughter of the Syrians in the valley of salt where he slew eighteen thousand men.
2 Samuel 10:10
And the rest of the people he delivered in the hand of Abishai his brother, which put them in array against the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel 10:14
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. And so Joab returned from the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 16:9-11
Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, "Why doth this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go and take off the head of him."
2 Samuel 19:21-22
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, "Shall Shimei not die for that cause: which cursed the LORD's anointed?"
2 Samuel 20:6
Wherefore the king said to Abishai, "Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri be worse to us than Absalom. Take thou therefore thy lord's servants and follow after him: lest he get him walled cities and escape us."
2 Samuel 21:17
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him and smote the Philistine and killed him. Then the servants of David sware unto him, saying, "Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that the light of Israel be not put out."
2 Samuel 23:18
Then Abishai the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah: he was a captain over the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and was named with the three.
2 Kings 14:7
And he slew of the Edomites in the salt valley, ten thousand, and took the town Sela with strength of battle, and called the name of it Joktheel ever after.
1 Chronicles 2:16
Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab and Asahel, three.
1 Chronicles 11:20
And Abishai the brother of Joab was captain of the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three.
1 Chronicles 19:11
And the rest of the people he delivered unto Abishai his brother, that they should put themselves in array against the children of Ammon,
2 Chronicles 25:11
And Amaziah took heart and carried out his host and went to Saltdale, where he slew of the children of Seir ten thousand.
Psalm 60:1
{To the chanter, upon the rose of witness, Michtam of David, for to teach: when he fought against Mesopotamia, and Syria of Zoba: and when Joab turned back, and slew twelve thousand Edomites in the valley of Salt} O God, thou hast cast us out and scattered us abroad; thou that hast been so sore displeased at us, comfort us again.
Psalm 60:8-9
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I stretch out my shoe; Philistia shall be glad of me.