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


In Context

10 And Thou sent Joram his son to king David, to salute him, and to congratulate with him, and to return him thanks: because he had fought against Adarezer, and had defeated him. For Thou was an enemy to Adarezer, and in his hand were vessels of gold, and vessels of silver, and vessels of brass:

11 And king David dedicated them to the Lord, together with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all the nations, which he had subdued:

12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalec, and of the spoils of Adarezer the son of Rohob king of Soba.

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

14 And he put guards in Edom, and placed there a garrison: and all Edom was made to serve David: and the Lord preserved David in all enterprises he went about.

15 And David reigned over all Israel: and David did 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:13And David made him a name when he returned, after he had smitten the Syrians in the valley of salt, 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.