2 Samuel 8:13

World English Bible (2000)

David earned a reputation when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 14:7 : 7 He killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.
  • 2 Sam 7:9 : 9 I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
  • 1 Chr 18:12 : 12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.
  • 2 Chr 25:11 : 11 Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck of the children of Seir ten thousand.
  • Ps 60:1 : 1 God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.

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  • 84%

    12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.

    13 He put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.

  • 2 Sam 8:2-9
    8 verses
    83%

    2 He struck Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

    3 David struck also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.

    4 David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.

    5 When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

    6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.

    7 David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

    8 From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.

    9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer,

  • 1 Chr 18:2-7
    6 verses
    82%

    2 He struck Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

    3 David struck Hadadezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

    4 David took from him one thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.

    5 When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.

    6 Then David put [garrisons] in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.

    7 David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

  • 77%

    17 It was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. The Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

    18 The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians [the men of] seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their army, so that he died there.

  • 77%

    17 It was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came on them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

    18 The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians [the men of] seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the army.

    19 When the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David, and served him: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.

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

  • 7 The people of Israel were struck there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.

  • 8 There was war again. David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

  • 8 When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men.

  • 31 Of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.

  • 14 He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.

  • 2 Sam 10:6-7
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    6 When the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.

    7 When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men.

  • 8 These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

  • 11 Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck of the children of Seir ten thousand.

  • 1 David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

  • 1 David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

  • 9 When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

  • 9 David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.

  • 57 As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it happened, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly esteemed.

  • 9 Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

  • 8 When the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out against them.

  • 7 The women sang one to another as they played, and said, "Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands."

  • 13 David said to his men, "Every man put on his sword!" Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David; and two hundred stayed by the baggage.

  • 11 The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David the king of the land? Didn't they sing one to another about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"

  • 15 For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army was gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom

  • 5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"

  • 23 These are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Yahweh.

  • 5 Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew sword.

  • 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

  • 24 He gathered men to him, and became captain over a troop, when David killed them [of Zobah]: and they went to Damascus, and lived therein, and reigned in Damascus.

  • 25 Saul said, "You shall tell David, 'The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies.'" Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

  • 15 David called one of the young men, and said, "Go near, and fall on him." He struck him, so that he died.