¹² Moreover ^(A)Abishai the son of Zeruiah killed ^(B)eighteen thousand ^[a]Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

Urgent Prayer for the Restored Favor of God^(A)

To the Chief Musician. ^(B)Set to ^[a]“Lily of the Testimony.” A Michtam of David. For teaching. ^(C)When he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Zobah, and Joab returned and killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

¹¹ Then Amaziah strengthened himself, and leading his people, he went to ^(A)the Valley of Salt and killed ten thousand of the people of Seir.

¹¹ And the rest of the people he put under the command of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in battle array against the people of Ammon.

^20 (A)Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of another ^[a]three. He had lifted up his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name among these three.

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

¹⁰ And the rest of the people he put under the command of ^(A)Abishai his brother, that he might set them in battle array against the people of Ammon.

¹³ And David made himself a ^(A)name when he returned from killing ^(B)eighteen thousand ^[a]Syrians in ^(C)the Valley of Salt. ¹⁴ He also put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and ^(D)all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.

⁶ Then David answered, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai ^(A)the son of Zeruiah, brother of ^(B)Joab, saying, “Who will ^(C)go down with me to Saul in the camp?”

And ^(D)Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”