1 Chronicles 18 · Verse 12

1 Chronicles 18:12

Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
1 Chronicles 18:12, King James Version

1 Chronicles 18:12 in other translations

BSBMoreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
WEBMoreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
ASVMoreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.
YLTAnd Abishai son of Zeruiah hath smitten Edom in the valley of salt--eighteen thousand,
DARBYAnd Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
BBEAnd when he came back from putting to the sword eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt,
WebsterMoreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.

What does 1 Chronicles 18:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 18:9-13

9-13. Tou--or Toi--whose dominions border on those of Hadadezer. (See on 2Sa 8:9-12; 1Ki 11:15).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 Abishai - slew of the Edomites - This victory is attributed to David, 2Sam 8:13. He sent Abishai against them, and he defeated them: this is with great propriety attributed to David as commander-in-chief; qui facit per alterum, facit per se.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 18:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַבְשַׁ֣יve.'av.Shaiand AbishaiH52
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
צְרוּיָ֗הtze.ru.YahZeruiahH6870
הִכָּ֤הhi.Kahhe struck downH5221
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֱדוֹם֙'e.dOmEdomH123
בְּגֵ֣יאbe.Gei'in [the] Valley ofH1516
הַמֶּ֔לַחha.Me.lach<the> SaltH4417
שְׁמוֹנָ֥הshe.mo.Naheight-H8083
עָשָׂ֖ר'a.SarteenH6240
אָֽלֶף\׃'A.lefthousandH505

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 18:12

  • Psalms 60:1

    To the chief Musician upon Shushan–eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram–naharaim and with Aram–zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:11

    And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:16

    Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

  • 2 Samuel 8:13-14

    And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:20

    And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

  • 1 Samuel 26:6

    Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

  • 1 Chronicles 19:11

    And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

  • 2 Samuel 10:10

    And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.

  • 2 Samuel 7:13

    He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

  • 2 Samuel 23:18

    And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.

  • 2 Samuel 10:14

    And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kings 14:7

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Moreover.
2:16; 11:20; 1Sa 26:6,8; 2Sa 3:30; 10:10,14; 16:9-11; 19:21,22; 20:6
2Sa 21:17; 23:18
Abishai. Heb. Abshai.
19:11; *marg:
slew of the Edomites.
2Sa 7:13; 8:13,14; Ps 60:1; *title
Ps 60:8,9
the valley of Salt.
2Ki 14:7; 2Ch 25:11

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 18:11

    Them also king David dedicated unto the Lord, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

  • 1 Chronicles 18:12

    Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.

  • 1 Chronicles 18:13

    And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David’s servants. Thus the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

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1 Chronicles 18:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
A más de esto Abisai hijo de Sarvia hirió en el valle de la Sal dieciocho mil Idumeos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Abishaï, fils de Tseruïa, frappa dans la vallée du Sel 18 000 hommes d’Édom;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Abisai, der Sohn der Zeruja, schlug die Edomiter im Salztal, 18000 Mann.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Abisai vero filius Sarviæ percussit Edom in valle Salinarum, decem et octo millia: