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12 Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek, including the plunder of Zobah’s King Hadadezer, Rehob’s son.

13 So David made a name for himself.[a] When he returned, he killed eighteen thousand Edomites[b] in the Salt Valley. 14 He set up forts in Edom,[c] and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 8:13 Or built a monument
  2. 2 Samuel 8:13 LXX; MT he returned from killing eighteen thousand Arameans
  3. 2 Samuel 8:14 Cf 1 Chron 18:13; MT repeats in all Edom he set up forts.

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