(A)He struck down ten thousand Edomites in (B)the Valley of Salt and took (C)Sela by storm, and called it (D)Joktheel, which is its name to this day.

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13 And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in (A)the Valley of Salt.

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

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He Will Tread Down Our Foes

To the choirmaster: according to (A)Shushan Eduth. A (B)Miktam[a] of David; (C)for instruction; when he (D)strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

60 O God, (E)you have rejected us, (F)broken our defenses;
    you have been angry; (G)oh, restore us.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 60:1 Probably musical or liturgical terms

16 (A)Send the lamb to the ruler of the land,
from (B)Sela, by way of the desert,
    to the mount of the daughter of Zion.

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11 But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the (A)Valley of Salt and struck down (B)10,000 men of Seir. 12 The men of Judah captured another 10,000 alive and took them to the top of a rock and threw them down from the top of the rock, and they were all dashed to pieces.

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20 In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah and set up (A)a king of their own. 21 Then Joram[a] passed over to Zair with all his chariots and rose by night, and he and his chariot commanders struck the Edomites who had surrounded him, but his army (B)fled home. 22 (C)So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. Then (D)Libnah revolted at the same time.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 8:21 Joram (also verses 23, 24) is an alternate spelling of Jehoram (son of Jehoshaphat), mentioned in verses 16, 25, 29

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