¹³ David won a name for himself. When he returned, he killed eighteen thousand Edomites^[a] in the Valley of Salt.^(A)

⁷ He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and took Sela by storm; he called it Jokthe-el, which is its name to this day.^(A)

⁹ and I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.^(A)

¹² Abishai son of Zeruiah killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.^(A)

Psalm 60

Prayer for National Victory after Defeat

To the leader: according to the Lily of the Covenant. A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

¹¹ Amaziah strengthened himself and led out his people; he went to the Valley of Salt and struck down ten thousand men of Seir.^(A)