Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Edomites. David seems to have been present, and the victory is sometimes attributed to him. Joab afterwards slew 18,000, 3 Kings xi. 15., and title of Psalm ix. (St. Jerome, Trad.) (Calmet)
Pits. This place was fatal to that nation: there Amasias destroyed 20,000, 2 Paralipomenon xxv. 12. (Tirinus)