1 Chronicles 18:12
Context
      12Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah defeated 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. 13Then he put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the LORD helped David wherever he went.

      14So David reigned over all Israel; and he administered justice and righteousness for all his people. 15Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; 16and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Shavsha was secretary; 17and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David were chiefs at the king’s side.



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Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Abisai the son of Sarvia slew of the Edomites in the vale of the saltpits, eighteen thousand:

Darby Bible Translation
And Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.

English Revised Version
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.

World English Bible
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.

Young's Literal Translation
And Abishai son of Zeruiah hath smitten Edom in the valley of salt -- eighteen thousand,
Library
The Sovereignty of God in Operation
"For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be the glory for ever. Amen" (Romans 11:36). Has God foreordained everything that comes to pass? Has He decreed that what is, was to have been? In the final analysis this is only another way of asking, Is God now governing the world and everyone and everything in it? If God is governing the world then is He governing it according to a definite purpose, or aimlessly and at random? If He is governing it according to some purpose, then
Arthur W. Pink—The Sovereignty of God

Chronicles
The comparative indifference with which Chronicles is regarded in modern times by all but professional scholars seems to have been shared by the ancient Jewish church. Though written by the same hand as wrote Ezra-Nehemiah, and forming, together with these books, a continuous history of Judah, it is placed after them in the Hebrew Bible, of which it forms the concluding book; and this no doubt points to the fact that it attained canonical distinction later than they. Nor is this unnatural. The book
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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