He 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.
Parallel translations
- WEB He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.
- BSB Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
- NKJV He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel to this day.
- NASB He killed ten thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and named it Joktheel, as it is to this day.
- NLT Amaziah also killed 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He also conquered Sela and changed its name to Joktheel, as it is called to this day.
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Amaziah defeated ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and captured Sela, renaming it Joktheel.
Overview
This military success reasserted Judah's dominance over Edom and brought genuine victory. Yet, as Chronicles records (2 Chron. 25), this triumph fed a pride that would soon lead Amaziah into idolatry and downfall. The episode warns that God-given success can become a snare when it puffs up the heart rather than humbling it before the Lord.
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- 2 Sam 8:13And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
- 1 Chr 18:12Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
- Josh 15:38And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
- Ps 60:1O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
- Isa 16:1Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
- 2 Kgs 8:20–22In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
- 2 Chr 25:11–12And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
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