13And David made him a name when he returned, after he had smitten the Syrians in the valley of salt, eighteen thousand men.


In Context

10 and Toi sent Joram his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him; for Hadadezer was continually at war with Toi. And he brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze.

11 Them also king David dedicated to Jehovah, with the silver and the gold that he had dedicated of all the nations that he had subdued:

12 of the Syrians, and of the Moabites, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of the Amalekites, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

13 And David made him a name when he returned, after he had smitten the Syrians in the valley of salt, eighteen thousand men.

14 And he put garrisons in Edom: throughout Edom did he put garrisons; and all they of Edom became servants to David. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went.

15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice to all his people.

2 Samuel 8:13 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:13And David became famous after he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:13And David gat [him] a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, [being] eighteen thousand [men. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:13David also made himself a name, when he returned after taking Syria in the valley of the saltpits, killing eighteen thousand:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:13And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:13And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:13And David made him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of Salt, being eighteen thousand men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:13David earned a reputation when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:13And David maketh a name in his turning back from his smiting Aram in the valley of Salt — eighteen thousand;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:13And David got him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.