2 Samuel 8:13

Good News Translation

¹³^(A)David became even more famous when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.

2 Samuel 8:13

New King James Version

¹³And David made himself a ^(A)name when he returned from killing ^(B)eighteen thousand ^[a]Syrians in ^(C)the Valley of Salt.

¹³And David became famous^(A) after he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites^[a] in the Valley of Salt.^(B)

2 Samuel 8:13 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 18:12); most Hebrew manuscripts Aram (that is, Arameans)

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

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