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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 18:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ch 18:12 |
Strong Concordance |
Moreover Abishai [052] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] slew [05221] of the Edomites [0123] in the valley [01516] of salt [04417] eighteen [08083] [06240] thousand [0505]. |
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King James |
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Abishai
Nephew of David, brother to Joab. (Sa2 23:18); (Ch1 2:16). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Abishai - slew of the Edomites - This victory is attributed to David, Sa2 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. |
16 Whose sisters [0269] were Zeruiah [06870], and Abigail [026]. And the sons [01121] of Zeruiah [06870]; Abishai [052], and Joab [03097], and Asahel [06214], three [07969].
18 And Abishai [052], the brother [0251] of Joab [03097], the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870], was chief [07218] among three [07992]. And he lifted up [05782] his spear [02595] against three [07969] hundred [03967], and slew [02491] them, and had the name [08034] among three [07969].
13 And David [01732] gat [06213] him a name [08034] when he returned [07725] from smiting [05221] of the Syrians [0758] in the valley [01516] of salt [04417], being eighteen [08083] [06240] thousand [0505] men.