Amaziah Reigns in Judah
2 Kings 14:7
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
- KJV
- He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.Selah: or, the rock
- WEB
- He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.
- ASV
- He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.
- LSV
- He has struck ten thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and seized Selah in war, and [one] calls its name Joktheel to this day,
- YLT
- He hath smitten Edom, in the valley of salt — ten thousand, and seized Selah in war, and [one] calleth its name Joktheel unto this day,
- DBY
- He smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Sela in the war, and called the name of it Joktheel to this day.
- DRC
- He slew of Edom in the valley of the Saltpits ten thousand men, and took the rock by war, and called the name thereof Jectehel, unto this day.
- GNV
- He slew also of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and tooke the citie of Sela by warre, and called the name thereof Ioktheel vnto this day.
- JPS
- He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.
- LXXE
- He smote of Edom ten thousand in the valley of salt, and took the Rock in the war, and called its name Jethoel until this day.The Gr. is from בוי מלח Keri.Heb. Selah.
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- Written (Ketiv): הַמֶּלַח (“the Salt”). Read aloud (Qere): מֶ֙לַח֙ (“Salt”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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- Leningrad Codex reads המֶ֙לַח֙; read aloud (Qere) reads מֶ֙לַח֙ (“Salt”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- הוּא־הִכָּ֨ה אֶת־אֱד֤וֹם בְּגֵיא־המלח עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת אֲלָפִ֔ים וְתָפַ֥שׂ אֶת־הַסֶּ֖לַע בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמָהּ֙ יָקְתְאֵ֔ל עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃Read aloud as (qere): מֶ֨לַח֙
- LXX-Br
- Αὐτὸς ἐπάταξε τὴν Ἐδὼμ ἐν γεμελὲδ δέκα χιλιάδας, καὶ συνέλαβε τὴν πέτραν ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ, καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Ἰεθοὴλ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.
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- 2 Samuel 8:13And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
- Joshua 15:38Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
- 1 Chronicles 18:12Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
- Psalms 60:1You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
- 2 Chronicles 25:11–12Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir, and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and…
- 2 Kings 8:20–22In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king. So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose…
- Isaiah 16:1Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.
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