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1 Chronicles 18:12

Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
1 Chronicles 18:12 · King James Version
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  • WEB Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
  • BSB Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
  • NKJV Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
  • NASB Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah defeated eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
  • NLT Abishai son of Zeruiah destroyed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

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Abishai son of Zeruiah strikes down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. It records another decisive God-given victory.

Overview

Abishai, one of David's mighty commanders, defeats the Edomites in a major battle. The Chronicler credits David's house with subduing yet another hostile nation. These victories fulfill God's promise to give David rest from his enemies and prepare for Solomon's peaceful reign in which the temple would be built.

Cross-references & the web

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  • Ps 60:1O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
  • 1 Sam 26:6Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
  • 2 Sam 10:10And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
  • 1 Chr 19:11And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
  • 2 Sam 8:13–14And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
  • 1 Chr 2:16Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
  • 2 Chr 25:11And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
  • 1 Chr 11:20And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.
  • 2 Sam 7:13He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
  • 2 Sam 16:9–11Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
  • 2 Sam 3:30So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
  • 1 Sam 26:8Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
  • 2 Sam 10:14And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
  • 2 Sam 21:17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
  • 2 Sam 20:6And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
  • 2 Sam 23:18And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.
  • 2 Kgs 14:7He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
  • 2 Sam 19:21–22But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?
  • Ps 60:8–9Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.

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