1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| I Chronicles 18:12 | And Abisai, the son of Sarvia, slew of the Edomites, in the vale of the Saltpits, eighteen thousand: | Edomites. David seems to have been present, and the victory is sometimes attributed to him. Joab afterwards slew 18,000, 3 Kings 11:15., and title of Psalm ix. (St. Jerome, Trad.) (Calmet) --- Pits. This place was fatal to that nation: there Amasias destroyed 20,000, 2 Paralipomenon 25:12. (Tirinus) |