1 Chronicles 18:12

12 And Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.

1 Chronicles 18:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 18:12

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 18:1).

1 Chronicles 18:12 In-Context

10 and he sent Hadoram his son to king David to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer and smitten him; for Hadarezer was continually at war with Tou; [he sent] also all manner of vessels of gold and silver and bronze.
11 Them also king David dedicated to Jehovah, with the silver and the gold that he had brought from all the nations: from the Edomites, and from the Moabites, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from the Amalekites.
12 And Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all they of Edom became servants to David. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went.
14 And David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice to all his people.
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