2 Samuel 8:13
Good News Translation
David became even more famous when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.

New Revised Standard Version
David won a name for himself. When he returned, he killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

Contemporary English Version
David fought the Edomite army in Salt Valley and killed 18,000 of their soldiers. When he returned, he built a monument.

New American Bible
On his return, David made a name for himself by defeating eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
David also made himself a name, when he returned after taking Syria in the valley of the saltpits, killing eighteen thousand:

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David also made himself a name, when he returned after taking Syria in the valley of the saltpits, killing eighteen thousand:

gat him

2 Samuel 7:9 And I have been with thee wheresoever thou hast walked, and have slain all thy enemies from before thy face: and I have made thee a great man, like unto the name of the great ones that are on the earth.

1 Chronicles 18:12 And Abisai the son of Sarvia slew of the Edomites in the vale of the saltpits, eighteen thousand:

Psalm 60:1 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the inscription of a title, to David himself, for doctrine, [2] When he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal: and Joab returned and slew of Edom, in the vale of the saltpits, twelve thousand men. [3] O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us.

smiting [heb] his smiting

2 Kings 14:7 He slew of Edom in the valley of the Saltpits, ten thousand men, and took the rock by war, and called the name thereof Jectehel, unto this day.

2 Chronicles 25:11 And Amasias taking courage led forth his people, and went to the vale of saltpits, and slew of the children of Seir ten thousand.

being.

Context
David's Triumphs
12Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalec, and of the spoils of Adarezer the son of Rohob king of Soba. 13David also made himself a name, when he returned after taking Syria in the valley of the saltpits, killing eighteen thousand:14And he put guards in Edom, and placed there a garrison: and all Edom was made to serve David: and the Lord preserved David in all enterprises he went about.…
Cross References
Genesis 11:4
And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven; and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands.

2 Samuel 7:9
And I have been with thee wheresoever thou hast walked, and have slain all thy enemies from before thy face: and I have made thee a great man, like unto the name of the great ones that are on the earth.

2 Kings 14:7
He slew of Edom in the valley of the Saltpits, ten thousand men, and took the rock by war, and called the name thereof Jectehel, unto this day.

2 Samuel 8:12
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