1 Chronicles 18:11-13
International Children’s Bible
11 King David gave these things to the Lord. David had done the same thing with the silver and gold he had taken from these nations: Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines and Amalek.
12 Abishai son of Zeruiah killed 18,000 Edomite people in the Valley of Salt. 13 Abishai also put camps of troops in Edom. And all the Edomites became David’s servants. The Lord gave David victory everywhere he went.
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1 Chronicles 18:11-13
New International Version
11 King David dedicated these articles to the Lord, as he had done with the silver and gold he had taken from all these nations: Edom(A) and Moab, the Ammonites and the Philistines, and Amalek.(B)
12 Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites(C) in the Valley of Salt. 13 He put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.
1 Chronicles 18:11-13
New King James Version
11 King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold that he had brought from all these nations—from Edom, from Moab, from the (A)people of Ammon, from the (B)Philistines, and from (C)Amalek.
12 Moreover (D)Abishai the son of Zeruiah killed (E)eighteen thousand [a]Edomites in the Valley of Salt. 13 (F)He also put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.
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- 1 Chronicles 18:12 Syrians, 2 Sam. 8:13
1 Chronicles 18:11-13
English Standard Version
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 (A)Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.
12 And (B)Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. 13 Then he put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.
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