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1 Chronicles 18:12

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Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

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Verse 12. Edomites. David seems to have been present, and the victory is sometimes attributed to him. Joab afterwards slew 18,000. 3 Kennicott. 11:15 title of Psalms 9. Saint Jerome Trad. Calmet.—Pits. This place was fatal to that nation: there Amasias destroyed 20,000, 2 Chronicles 25:12. Tirinus.

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