Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And Abishai son of Zeruiah hath smitten Edom in the valley of salt -- eighteen thousand,

New American Standard Bible

Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah defeated 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the salt valley eighteen thousand,

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
H52
אבשׁי אבישׁי 
'Abiyshay 
Usage: 25

of Zeruiah
צרוּיה 
Ts@ruwyah 
Usage: 26

נכה 
Nakah 
Usage: 501

of the Edomites
אדום אדם 
'Edom 
Usage: 100

in the valley
גּי גּיא 
Gay' 
Usage: 60

of salt
מלח 
melach 
Usage: 28

שׁמונה שׁמנה שׁמונה שׁמנה 
Sh@moneh 
Usage: 109

References

American

Fausets

Morish

Context Readings

David's Victory Over His Enemies

11 also them hath king David sanctified to Jehovah with the silver and the gold that he hath taken from all the nations, from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. 12 And Abishai son of Zeruiah hath smitten Edom in the valley of salt -- eighteen thousand, 13 and he putteth in Edom garrisons, and all the Edomites are servants to David; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone.


Cross References

1 Samuel 26:6

And David answereth and saith unto Ahimelech the Hittite, and unto Abishai son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, 'Who doth go down with me unto Saul, unto the camp?' and Abishai saith, 'I -- I go down with thee.'

1 Samuel 26:8

And Abishai saith unto David, 'God hath shut up to-day thine enemy into thy hand; and, now, let me smite him, I pray thee, with a spear, even into the earth at once -- and I do repeat it to him.'

2 Samuel 3:30

And Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner because that he put to death Asahel their brother, in Gibeon, in battle.

2 Samuel 7:13

He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age.

2 Samuel 8:13-14

And David maketh a name in his turning back from his smiting Aram in the valley of Salt -- eighteen thousand;

2 Samuel 10:10

and the rest of the people he hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother, and setteth in array to meet the Bene-Ammon.

2 Samuel 10:14

and the Bene-Ammon have seen that Aram hath fled, and they flee from the presence of Abishai, and go in to the city; and Joab turneth back from the Bene-Ammon, and cometh in to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 16:9-11

And Abishai son of Zeruiah saith unto the king, 'Why doth this dead dog revile my lord the king? let me pass over, I pray thee, and I turn aside his head.'

2 Samuel 19:21-22

And Abishai son of Zeruiah answereth and saith, 'For this is not Shimei put to death -- because he reviled the anointed of Jehovah?'

2 Samuel 20:6

and David saith unto Abishai, 'Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself from our eye.'

2 Samuel 21:17

and Abishai son of Zeruiah giveth help to him, and smiteth the Philistine, and putteth him to death; then swear the men of David to him, saying, 'Thou dost not go out again with us to battle, nor quench the lamp of Israel.'

2 Samuel 23:18

And Abishai brother of Joab, son of Zeruiah, he is head of three, and he is lifting up his spear against three hundred -- wounded, and he hath a name among three.

2 Kings 14:7

He hath smitten Edom, in the valley of salt -- ten thousand, and seized Selah in war, and one calleth its name Joktheel unto this day,

1 Chronicles 2:16

and their sisters Zeruiah and Abigail. And sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asah-El -- three.

1 Chronicles 11:20

And Abishai brother of Joab, he hath been head of the three: and he is lifting up his spear against three hundred -- wounded, and hath a name among three.

1 Chronicles 19:11

and the remnant of the people he hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set in array to meet the sons of Ammon.

2 Chronicles 25:11

And Amaziah hath strengthened himself, and leadeth his people, and goeth to the Valley of Salt, and smiteth the sons of Seir -- ten thousand.

Psalm 60:1

To the Overseer. -- 'Concerning the Lily of Testimony,' a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt -- twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us -- hadst been angry! -- Thou dost turn back to us.

Psalm 60:8-9

Moab is my pot for washing, over Edom I cast my shoe, Shout, concerning me, O Philistia.

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