2 Samuel 8:13

“And Dauid gate him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteene thousand men.”

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Other Translations for 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].
- King James Version

So David made a name {for himself} when he returned from killing 18,000 Arameans in the Valley of Salt.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And David got great honour for himself, when he came back, by the destruction of Edom in the valley of Salt, to the number of eighteen thousand men.
- Basic English Bible

And David made him a name when he returned, after he had smitten the Syrians in the valley of salt, eighteen thousand [men].
- Darby Bible

And David made him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of Salt, being eighteen thousand men.
- Webster's Bible

David earned a reputation when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
- World English Bible

And David maketh a name in his turning back from his smiting Aram in the valley of Salt -- eighteen thousand;
- Youngs Literal Bible

And David got him a name when he returned from smiting the Arameans in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

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