He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel to 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.
- KJV 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.
- 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.
- 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 8:13David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.
- 1 Chr 18:12Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
- Josh 15:38Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,
- Ps 60:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.
- Isa 16:1Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mountain 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 25:11–12Amaziah took courage, and led his people out, and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the children of Seir.
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