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2 Samuel 8:13

And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.

KJV

Fecit quoque sibi David nomen cum reverteretur capta Syria in valle Salinarum, cæsis decem et octo millibus :

Vulgate

καὶ ἐποίησεν Δαυεὶδ ὄνομα· καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀνακάμπτειν αὐτὸν ἐπάταξεν τὴν Ἰδουμαίαν ἐν Γεβέλεμ εἰς ὀκτὼ καὶ δέκα χιλιάδας.

LXX

And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.

ASV

וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂ דָּוִד֙ שֵׁ֔ם בְּ/שֻׁב֕/וֹ מֵ/הַכּוֹת֥/וֹ אֶת אֲרָ֖ם בְּ/גֵיא מֶ֑לַח שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר אָֽלֶף

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרָ֔ם
'rm
proper_noun · 133×
אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גֵ֣יא
gy'
noun · 62×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מֶ֑לַח
mlch
noun · 29×
עָשָׂ֖ר
'shr
adjective · 335×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה
shmnh
adjective · 109×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 18:12 — Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
  • 1Chr 18:12 — Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
  • 2Kgs 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.
  • 2Kgs 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.
  • 2Sam 7:9 — And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
  • Gen 11:4 — And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.