13 David made a reputation(A) for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites[a] in Salt Valley.[b](B)

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  1. 8:13 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read Arameans; 1Ch 18:12
  2. 8:13 = the Dead Sea region

13 And David became famous(A) after he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites[a] in the Valley of Salt.(B)

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  1. 2 Samuel 8:13 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 18:12); most Hebrew manuscripts Aram (that is, Arameans)

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

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13 And David made himself a (A)name when he returned from killing (B)eighteen thousand [a]Syrians in (C)the Valley of Salt.

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  1. 2 Samuel 8:13 LXX, Syr., Heb. mss. Edomites and 1 Chr. 18:12