2 Samuel 8:13-14

13 David made a reputation for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites^[a] in the Valley of Salt.^[b]

14 He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. The Lord made David victorious wherever he went.^[c]

2 Samuel 8:13-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 8

This chapter gives a relation of the wars of David with his enemies, and his victories over them, particularly the Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, and Edomites, and of the spoils he took from them, and of the presents made to him by others, 2Sa 8:1-14; and of his righteous administration of government, and of the principal officers in his court and camp, 2Sa 8:15-18.

Footnotes

• [a] A few Hb mss, LXX, Syr; MT reads Arameans; 1 Ch 18:12
• [b] the Dead Sea region
• [c] 1 Ch 18:1-12