1 Chronicles 18:12
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אֱדֹם
ʼĔdôm
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
גַּיְא
gayʼ
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
מֶלַח
melach
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
שְׁמֹנֶה
shᵉmôneh
a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Key Terms in This Verse
אֱדֹם ʼĔdôm
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
Study H123 →שְׁמֹנֶה shᵉmôneh
a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
Study H8083 →מֶלַח melach
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
Study H4417 →גַּיְא gayʼ
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
Study H1516 →עוֹד ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
Study H5750 →אֶלֶף ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Study H505 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with t...
And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.
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.
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not ...
Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the...
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