¹² And ^(A)Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

He Will Tread Down Our Foes

To the choirmaster: according to ^(A)Shushan Eduth. A ^(B)Miktam^[a] of David; ^(C)for instruction; when he ^(D)strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

¹¹ But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the ^(A)Valley of Salt and struck down ^(B)10,000 men of Seir.

¹¹ The rest of his men he put in the charge of ^(A)Abishai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites.

²⁰ Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty.^[a] And he wielded his spear against 300 men and killed them and won a name beside the three.

¹⁶ And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. ^(A)The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

¹⁰ The rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and he arrayed them against the Ammonites.

¹³ And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in ^(A)the Valley of Salt. ¹⁴ Then he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, ^(B)and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.

⁶ Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Joab's brother ^(A)Abishai the son of Zeruiah, ^(B)“Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”

^7 (A)He struck down ten thousand Edomites in ^(B)the Valley of Salt and took ^(C)Sela by storm, and called it ^(D)Joktheel, which is its name to this day.