13 So David got a name after that he returned, and had slain of the Aramites in the [a]valley of salt eighteen thousand men.

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  1. 2 Samuel 8:13 Or, in Gemelah.

13 And David became famous(A) after he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites[a] in the Valley of Salt.(B)

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  1. 2 Samuel 8:13 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 18:12); most Hebrew manuscripts Aram (that is, Arameans)