Thematic Bible
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Abishai » Defeats the edomites
Edomites » David makes conquest of
Then Yahweh raised an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite, from the descendants of that king in Edom. It had happened that when David was at Edom, Joab the commander of the army went up to bury the slain, and he killed every male in Edom. For Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months until he exterminated every male in Edom.
King David dedicated these also to Yahweh, along with the silver and gold that he had taken from all the nations, from Edom, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the Philistines, and Amalek. And Abishai son of Zeruiah defeated eighteen thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. And he put garrisons in Edom, and all Edom became servants to David. And Yahweh delivered David wherever he went.
Edomites, the » Slaughter of, by joab and abishai
For Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months until he exterminated every male in Edom.
Salt » The valley of, celebrated for victories
He also killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and he seized Sela in the battle, and he called its name Jokteel, until this day.
So David made a name for himself when he returned from defeating Aram in the Valley of Salt, eighteen thousand.