Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
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Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 18:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 60:1 God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.
- 1 Samuel 26:6 Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?” Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”
- 2 Samuel 8:13-14 David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt. He put garrisons in Edom. Throughout all Edom, he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
- 2 Samuel 10:10 The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.
- 1 Chronicles 2:16 and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
- 1 Chronicles 11:20 Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.
- 1 Chronicles 19:11 The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
- 2 Chronicles 25:11 Amaziah took courage, and led his people out, and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the children of Seir.
- 1 Samuel 26:8 Then Abishai said to David, “God has delivered up your enemy into your hand today. Now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.”
- 2 Samuel 3:30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
- 2 Samuel 7:13 He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- 2 Samuel 10:14 When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 16:9-11 Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.” The king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said to him, ‘Curse David;’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’ ” David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, “Behold, my son, who came out of my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for Yahweh has invited him.
- 2 Samuel 19:21-22 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh’s anointed?” David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For don’t I know that I am king over Israel today?”
- 2 Samuel 20:6 David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.”
- 2 Samuel 21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “Don’t go out with us to battle any more, so that you don’t quench the lamp of Israel.”
- 2 Samuel 23:18 Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.
- 2 Kings 14:7 He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.
- Psalms 60:8-9 Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my sandal on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia.” Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which is understood that Joab slew twelve thousand, as…
Which is understood that Joab slew twelve thousand, as is in the title of the threescore Psalm and Abishai the rest.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. Abishai - slew of the Edomites] This…
Verse 12. Abishai - slew of the Edomites] This victory is attributed to David, 2Sa 8:13. He sent Abishai against them, and he defeated them: this is with great propriety attributed to David as commander-in-chief; qui facit per alterum, facit per se.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Edomites. David seems to have been present, and the…
Edomites. David seems to have been present, and the victory is sometimes attributed to him. Joab afterwards slew 18,000, 3 Kings xi. 15., and title of Psalm ix. (St. Jerome, Trad.) (Calmet) --- Pits. This place was fatal to that nation: there Amasias destroyed 20,000, 2 Paralipomenon xxv. 12. (Tirinus)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. Abishai the son of Zeruiah] In 2Sa_8:13 David,…
12. Abishai the son of Zeruiah] In 2Sa_8:13 David, and in Psalms 60 (title) Joab, receives the credit of this victory. Probably Abishai commanded in the battle, while Joab (cp. 1Ki_11:16) completed the conquest of the country.
of the Edomites] Lit. “of Edom,” so Psalms 60 (title), but in 2 Sam. “of the Syrians,” lit. “Aram.” The two words “Edom” and “Aram” when written in Heb. are very much alike and are easily confused. The reading “Edom” is right here. Cp. Kirkpatrick on 2Sa_8:13.
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the valley of salt] Probably the marshy flat (Bädeker, p. 144) at the S. end of the Dead Sea. This valley is dominated by the Jebel Usdum, a hill consisting “almost entirely of pure crystallised salt” (Bädeker, p. 143).
eighteen thousand] Psalms 60 (title), “twelve thousand,” not an important variation.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) Moreover Abishai . . .—Heb., And Abishai son…
(12) Moreover Abishai . . .—Heb., And Abishai son of Zeruiah had smitten Edom in the Valley of Salt, eighteen thousand.
In Samuel we read something quite different: “And David made a name, when he returned from his smiting Aram.” “Aram” should be read Edom, as the LXX., Syriac, and Arabic have it. Perhaps, also, the text of Samuel is further corrupted. (Comp. 1Ki_11:15. and Psalms 60, title.) From a comparison of the three passages it appears that Edom took advantage of David’s absence to invade Judah, whereupon the king detached a column of his forces, and sent them south under Joab and Abishai to repulse the new enemy.
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Valley of salt.—2Ki_14:7.
(12, 13) The reduction of Edom. The paragraph mark should be at 1Ch_18:12, not 1Ch_18:13.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Abishai slew of the Edomites. The parallel place omits…
Abishai slew of the Edomites. The parallel place omits to say that it was by aid of Abishai that David slew these eighteen thousand Edomites. They are there called Syrians, which reading is at all events in keeping with the Aram of the previous verse. Abishai, here named son of Zeruiah, possibly served under "Joab son of Zeruiah" (ver. 15), who is spoken of (1Ki_11:15, 1Ki_11:16) as very trenchant in this Edomite war, without any mention being made of Abishai. Psalm 60. (title) probably speaks of an instalment of the eighteen thousand spoken of here, as the nation now suffered all but extermination. The valley of salt. (Situate in 1Ki_11:14-17; 2Ki_14:7; 2Ch_25:11) The word here used for "valley" is ayGe, (Psa_23:4) not the more generic word qm,e, and signifies rather "ravine." The phrase occurs twice with the article expressed, jl; M,j ayge. The place is celebrated also for the achievements of Amaziah (in references just given), who proceeded hence with ten thousand prisoners, to precipitate them down the cliff, i.e. Petra (lSh 2Ch_25:12) The real situation of this place is still doubtful. Since the time of the German traveller Geethen ("Reisen," 2:356), and of Robinson ("Bibl. Res.," 2:109), it has been generally assumed to be a tract of land extending some six miles south of the Dead Sea, and bounded at that distance by the range of hills which there runs across the country; but beside the consideration that the word "ravine" could not describe that tract of country, there are others very unfavourable to the supposition (see these carefully stated by Grove, in Smith"s "Bible Dictionary," 3:1097).
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain Nephew of David, brother to Joab. 2Sa 23:18; 1Ch…
Abishai
Nephew of David, brother to Joab. 2Sa 23:18; 1Ch 2:16.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Abishai ... Zeruiah
Abishai ... Zeruiah
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eighteen thousand Edomites
"18,000 Edomites" (See: Numbers)
Valley of Salt
This is the name of a valley between Edom and Judah that was used as a battlefield.
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Edom
David
servant
Yahweh
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