2 Kings 14:7
He struck down ten thousand men of Edom in the Valley of Salt and captured Sela in battle, renaming it Joktheel, which it is called to this day.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
KJV1611 – Modern English
He killed ten thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt and took Selah by war, and called its name Joktheel to this day.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
He slew{H5221} of Edom{H123} in the Valley{H1516} of Salt{H4417} ten{H6235} thousand,{H505} and took{H8610} Sela{H5554} by war,{H4421} and called{H7121} the name{H8034} of it Joktheel,{H3371} unto this day.{H3117}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
He slew{H5221}{(H8689)} of Edom{H123} in the valley{H1516} of salt{H4417} ten{H6235} thousand{H505}, and took{H8610}{(H8804)} Selah{H5554} by war{H4421}, and called{H7121}{(H8799)} the name{H8034} of it Joktheel{H3371} unto this day{H3117}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ten thousande of the Edomites smote he also in the Salt valley, and wanne Sela in battayll, and called it Iatheel vnto this daye.
Geneva Bible (1560)
He slew also of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and tooke the citie of Sela by warre, and called the name thereof Ioktheel vnto this day.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
He slue of Edom in the salt valley ten thousand, and toke the castell on the rocke in the same battaile, and called the name of it Ioktheel vnto this day.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
Webster's Bible (1833)
He killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, to this day.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
He hath smitten Edom, in the valley of salt -- ten thousand, and seized Selah in war, and `one' calleth its name Joktheel unto this day,
American Standard Version (1901)
He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.
American Standard Version (1901)
He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
He killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
He defeated 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day.
Referenced Verses
- 2 Sam 8:13 : 13 David gained renown when he returned after striking down eighteen thousand Arameans in the Valley of Salt.
- 1 Chr 18:12 : 12 Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
- Josh 15:38 : 38 Dilean, Mizpeh, and Joktheel.
- Ps 60:1 : 1 For the director, according to 'The Lily of the Testimony,' a Miktam of David, for instruction.
- Isa 16:1 : 1 Send a lamb as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela, through the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
- 2 Chr 25:11-12 : 11 Amaziah took courage and led his army to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down ten thousand men of Seir. 12 The men of Judah also captured ten thousand men alive, took them to the top of a cliff, and threw them down, so that they were all dashed to pieces.
- 2 Kgs 8:20-22 : 20 In Jehoram's time, Edom rebelled against Judah's control and set up their own king. 21 So Joram went to Zair with all his chariots. During the night, he attacked the Edomites who had surrounded him and their chariot commanders, but his troops fled to their homes. 22 So Edom has been in rebellion against Judah to this day. At the same time, Libnah also rebelled.
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- 2 Chr 25:10-145 verses81%
10 So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. They were furious with Judah and left in a rage.
11 Amaziah took courage and led his army to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down ten thousand men of Seir.
12 The men of Judah also captured ten thousand men alive, took them to the top of a cliff, and threw them down, so that they were all dashed to pieces.
13 Meanwhile, the troops Amaziah had sent back and not allowed to go with him to battle raided the towns of Judah, from Samaria to Beth Horon. They killed three thousand people and carried off a great deal of plunder.
14 After Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods, bowed down to them, and burned sacrifices to them.
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12 Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
- 2 Kgs 14:10-112 verses72%
10 You have indeed defeated Edom, and now you are arrogant. Be content with your glory and stay at home. Why bring disaster on yourself and Judah as well?'
11 But Amaziah refused to listen. So Jehoash king of Israel advanced, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other in battle at Beth Shemesh in Judah.
- 1 Kgs 11:15-162 verses70%
15 When David was in Edom and Joab, the commander of the army, went up to bury the dead, they killed every male in Edom.
16 Joab and all Israel remained there for six months until every male in Edom had been destroyed.
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13 Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. Then he went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits long.
- 2 Chr 25:19-213 verses70%
19 You say to yourself that you have defeated Edom, and now you are arrogant and proud. But stay at home! Why provoke disaster so that you and Judah will fall?
20 But Amaziah would not listen, for this was from God, so that he might deliver them into the hands of their enemies, because they sought the gods of Edom.
21 So Joash king of Israel went up and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth Shemesh in Judah.
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22 He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king rested with his ancestors.
- 2 Kgs 8:20-212 verses69%
20 In Jehoram's time, Edom rebelled against Judah's control and set up their own king.
21 So Joram went to Zair with all his chariots. During the night, he attacked the Edomites who had surrounded him and their chariot commanders, but his troops fled to their homes.
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17 The Edomites had come again and attacked Judah, taking captives.
- 2 Kgs 3:25-262 verses69%
25 They destroyed the cities, threw stones onto every good field until it was covered, stopped up all the springs of water, and cut down all the good trees. Only the stones of Kir Hareseth were left standing, but the slingers surrounded and attacked it.
26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took seven hundred men with swords to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not.
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21 Joash’s officials conspired against him and assassinated him at Beth Millo, on the road down to Silla.
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8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, with this challenge: 'Come, let us face each other in battle.'
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27 From the time Amaziah turned away from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there.
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7 Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they defeated all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who lived in Hazezon-Tamar.
- 2 Sam 8:12-132 verses68%
12 from Aram, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, Amalek, and the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
13 David gained renown when he returned after striking down eighteen thousand Arameans in the Valley of Salt.
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19 They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there.
- 2 Kgs 14:5-62 verses68%
5 When the kingdom was firmly in his control, he executed the officials who had assassinated his father the king.
6 But he did not put to death the children of the assassins, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the Lord commanded: 'Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their parents; each will die for their own sin.'
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23 Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh. Then he brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, a section four hundred cubits long.
- 2 Chr 21:8-92 verses67%
8 During Jehoram's reign, Edom rebelled against Judah's control and appointed their own king.
9 Jehoram went out with his commanders and all his chariots. He rose during the night and struck down the Edomites who had surrounded him and their chariot commanders.
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13 Eglon gathered the Ammonites and Amalekites to himself, set out, and defeated Israel. They took possession of the City of Palms.
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3 All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
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12 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because Edom acted in revenge against the house of Judah and committed great guilt by taking vengeance on them,
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48 He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of those who had plundered them.
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14 Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites. He named the villages of Bashan after himself, calling them Havvoth Jair, and they remain so to this day.
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14 Then Jehu commanded, "Take them alive." So they captured them alive and slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-Eked—forty-two men. He left none of them alive.
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15 As for the rest of the events of Jehoash’s reign, what he did and his might, and how he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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17 He captured the area from Mount Halak, which rises towards Seir, to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings, struck them down, and put them to death.
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8 The men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, captured it, struck it down with the sword, and set the city on fire.
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14 Therefore, it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: 'Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon.'
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5 Therefore, the LORD his God allowed him to fall into the hands of the king of Aram. They defeated him, took a great number of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who inflicted a heavy defeat on him.
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23 The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
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28 Now gather the rest of the troops and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise, I will take the city, and it will be named after me.'
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11 Additionally, it included Gilead, the territory of the Geshurites and Maachathites, all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salcah.
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17 Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
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14 I will take my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to my anger and my wrath. Then they will know my vengeance, declares the Sovereign LORD.