2 Samuel 8:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And David got great honour for himself, when he came back, by the destruction of Edom in the valley of Salt, to the number of eighteen thousand men.

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  • 2 Kgs 14:7 : 7 He put to the sword twelve thousand men of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela in war, naming it Joktheel, as it is to this day.
  • 2 Sam 7:9 : 9 And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.
  • 1 Chr 18:12 : 12 And when he came back from putting to the sword eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt,
  • 2 Chr 25:11 : 11 Then Amaziah took heart, and went out at the head of his people and came to the Valley of Salt, where he put to death ten thousand of the children of Seir;
  • Ps 60:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shushan-eduth. Michtam. Of David. For teaching. When he was fighting against Aram-naharaim and Aramzobah, when Joab came back, and put twelve thousand of the Edomites to death, in the Valley of Salt.> God, you have put us away from you, you have sent us in all directions, you have been angry; O be turned to us again.

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  • 1 Chr 18:12-13
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    12 And when he came back from putting to the sword eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt,

    13 David put armed forces in all the towns of Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

  • 2 Sam 8:2-9
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    2 And he overcame the Moabites, and he had them measured with a line when they were stretched out on the earth; marking out two lines for death and one full line for life. So the Moabites became servants to David and gave him offerings.

    3 And David overcame Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to make his power seen by the River.

    4 And David took from him one thousand, seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and David had the leg-muscles of the horses cut, only keeping enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.

    5 And when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two thousand of the Aramaeans.

    6 And David put armed forces in Aram of Damascus: and the Aramaeans became servants to David and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

    7 And David took their gold body-covers from the servants of Hadadezer and took them to Jerusalem.

    8 And from Tebah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great store of brass.

    9 And when Tou, king of Hamath, had news that David had overcome all the army of Hadadezer,

  • 1 Chr 18:2-7
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    2 And he overcame Moab, and the Moabites became his servants and gave him offerings.

    3 Then David overcame Hadadezer, king of Zobah, near Hamath, when he was going to make his power seen by the river Euphrates.

    4 And David took from him a thousand war-carriages and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and he had the leg-muscles of all the horses cut, keeping only enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.

    5 And when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two thousand Aramaeans.

    6 Then David put armed forces in Damascus, and the Aramaeans became his servants and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

    7 And the gold body-covers of the servants of Hadadezer, David took to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 10:17-18
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    17 And word of this was given to David: and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam. And the Aramaeans put their forces in position against David, and made an attack on him.

    18 And the Aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven hundred Aramaean war-carriages and forty thousand footmen, and Shobach, the captain of the army, was wounded, and came to his death there.

  • 1 Chr 19:17-19
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    17 And word of this was given to David; and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam and put his forces in position against them. And when David's forces were in position against the Aramaeans, the fight was started.

    18 And the Aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven thousand Aramaean war-carriages and forty thousand footmen, and put to death Shophach, the captain of the army.

    19 And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with David and became his servants: and the Aramaeans would give no more help to the children of Ammon.

  • 2 Sam 8:12
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    12 The nations of Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon and the Philistines and the Amalekites and the goods he had taken from Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
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    7 And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
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    8 And there was war again: and David went out fighting the Philistines, causing great destruction among them; and they went in flight before him.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
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    8 And David, hearing of it, sent Joab with all the army of fighting-men.

  • 1 Chr 12:31
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    31 And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, listed by name, came to make David king.

  • 2 Sam 8:14
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    14 And he put armed forces in Edom; all through Edom he had armed forces stationed, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

  • 2 Sam 10:6-7
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    6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves hated by David, they sent to the Aramaeans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, and got for payment twenty thousand footmen, and they got from the king of Maacah a thousand men, and from Tob twelve thousand.

    7 And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.

  • 1 Chr 20:8
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    8 These were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; they came to their death by the hands of David and his servants.

  • 2 Chr 25:11
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    11 Then Amaziah took heart, and went out at the head of his people and came to the Valley of Salt, where he put to death ten thousand of the children of Seir;

  • 2 Sam 18:1
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    1 And David had the people who were with him numbered, and he put over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.

  • 2 Sam 6:1
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    1 And David got together all the fighting-men of Israel to the number of thirty thousand;

  • 1 Chr 18:9
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    9 Now when Tou, king of Hamath, had news that David had overcome all the army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah,

  • 1 Sam 27:9
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    9 And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57 And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 18:30
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    30 Then the rulers of the Philistines went out to war: and whenever they went out, David did more wisely than all the other servants of Saul, so that his name became greatly honoured.

  • 2 Sam 24:9
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    9 And Joab gave the king the number of all the people: there were in Israel eight hundred thousand fighting men able to take up arms; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand.

  • 1 Chr 14:8
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    8 And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over all Israel, they went up in search of David, and David, hearing of it, went out against them.

  • 1 Sam 18:7
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    7 And the women, answering one another in their song, said, Saul has put to death his thousands and David his tens of thousands.

  • 1 Sam 25:13
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    13 And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.

  • 1 Sam 21:11
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    11 And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David, the king of the land? did they not make songs about him in their dances, saying, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?

  • 1 Kgs 11:15
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    15 And when David had sent destruction on Edom, and Joab, the captain of the army, had gone to put the dead into the earth, and had put to death every male in Edom;

  • 1 Sam 29:5
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    5 Is this not David, who was named in their songs, when in the dance they said to one another, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?

  • 1 Chr 12:23
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    23 These are the numbers of the chiefs of the armed men, ready for war, who came to David at Hebron, to give the kingdom of Saul into his hands, as the Lord had said.

  • 1 Chr 21:5
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    5 And Joab gave David the number of all the people; all the men of Israel, able to take up arms, were one million, one hundred thousand men; and those of Judah were four hundred and seventy thousand men, able to take up arms.

  • 1 Sam 18:13
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    13 So Saul sent him away, and made him a captain over a thousand; and he went about his business before the people.

  • 1 Kgs 11:24
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    24 He got some men together and made himself captain of a band of outlaws; and went to Damascus and became king there.

  • 1 Sam 18:25
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    25 And Saul said, Then say to David, The king has no desire for any bride-price, but only for the private parts of a hundred Philistines so that the king may get the better of his haters. But it was in Saul's mind that David might come to his end by the hands of the Philistines.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
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    15 And David sent for one of his young men and said, Go near and put an end to him. And he put him to death.