10 he sent his son (A)Hadoram to King David, to ask about his health and to bless him because he had fought against (B)Hadadezer and defeated him; for (C)Hadadezer had often been at war with Tou. And he sent all sorts of articles of gold, of silver, and of bronze. 11 These also King David dedicated to the Lord, together with the silver and gold that he had carried off from all the nations, from (D)Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.

12 And (E)Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

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