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


In Context

10 he sent his son Joram to King David to greet him and congratulate him on his victory in battle over Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze.

11 King David dedicated these articles to the Lord , as he had done with the silver and gold from all the nations he had subdued:

12 Edom and Moab, the Ammonites and the Philistines, and Amalek. He also dedicated the plunder taken from Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

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

14 He put garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.

15 David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people.

2nd Samuel 8:13 in Other Translations

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 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.