2 Kings 14:7

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.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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 And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.
  • 1 Chr 18:12 : 12 Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
  • Josh 15:38 : 38 Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
  • Ps 60:1 : 1 O God, You have cast us off, You have scattered us, You have been displeased; O turn to us again.
  • Isa 16:1 : 1 Send the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
  • 2 Chr 25:11-12 : 11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and killed ten thousand of the children of Seir. 12 And another ten thousand alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
  • 2 Kgs 8:20-22 : 20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. 22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 25:10-14
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    10 Then Amaziah separated them, the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again; and their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.

    11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and killed ten thousand of the children of Seir.

    12 And another ten thousand alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

    13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Bethhoron, and killed three thousand of them, and took much spoil.

    14 Now it came to pass, after Amaziah came from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense to them.

  • 1 Chr 18:12
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    12 Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

  • 2 Kgs 14:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up; boast of this, and stay at home, for why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, you and Judah with you?

    11 But Amaziah would not listen. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah met face to face at Bethshemesh, which belongs to Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 11:15-16
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    15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed every male in Edom.

    16 (For six months Joab remained there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom.)

  • 2 Kgs 14:13
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    13 And Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits.

  • 2 Chr 25:19-21
    3 verses
    70%

    19 You say, Lo, you have struck the Edomites; and your heart is lifted up to boast; stay now at home; why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?

    20 But Amaziah would not listen, for it came from God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.

    21 So Joash the king of Israel went up, and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongs to Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 14:22
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    22 He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king rested with his fathers.

  • 2 Kgs 8:20-21
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    20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

    21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

  • 2 Chr 28:17
    69%

    17 For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and carried away captives.

  • 2 Kgs 3:25-26
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    69%

    25 And they destroyed the cities, and in every good piece of land each man threw a stone and filled it, and they stopped all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees. Only in Kir Haraseth did they leave its stones intact; however, the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.

    26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew swords to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.

  • 2 Kgs 12:21
    69%

    21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 14:8
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    8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us meet face to face.

  • 2 Chr 25:27
    69%

    27 Now after the time that Amaziah turned away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent to Lachish after him, and killed him there.

  • Gen 14:7
    68%

    7 And they returned and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelled in Hazezontamar.

  • 2 Sam 8:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12 From Syria, Moab, the children of Ammon, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

    13 And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.

  • 2 Kgs 14:19
    68%

    19 Now they conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.

  • 2 Kgs 14:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he killed his servants who had killed the king his father.

    6 But the children of the murderers he did not kill, according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

  • 2 Chr 25:23
    68%

    23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

  • 2 Chr 21:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8 In his days, the Edomites revolted from under Judah's rule and set up a king of their own.

    9 Then Jehoram went out with his leaders and all his chariots with him; he rose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots.

  • Judg 3:13
    67%

    13 And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and struck Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

  • Gen 14:3
    67%

    3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim, which is the Salt Sea.

  • Ezek 25:12
    67%

    12 Thus says the Lord GOD; Because Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    67%

    48 He gathered an army, struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from those who plundered them.

  • Deut 3:14
    66%

    14 Jair, the son of Manasseh, took all the country of Argob to the borders of Geshuri and Maachathi; and he called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, to this day.

  • 2 Kgs 10:14
    66%

    14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing house, forty-two men; he left none of them.

  • 2 Kgs 14:15
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    15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

  • Josh 11:17
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    17 From Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon: and their kings he took, and struck them, and killed them.

  • Judg 1:8
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    8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and taken it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

  • Num 21:14
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    14 Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD, What He did in the Red Sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

  • 2 Chr 28:5
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    5 Therefore, the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria, and they struck him and carried away a great multitude as captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.

  • 2 Chr 20:23
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    23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

  • 2 Sam 12:28
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    28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, encamp against the city, and take it: unless I take the city, and it be called by my name.

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    11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salcah;

  • 2 Kgs 14:17
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    17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

  • Ezek 25:14
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    14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, says the Lord GOD.