12Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
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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.
To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. 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.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-17)Here let us learn, 1. That it is our interest to make those our friends who have the presence of God with them. The king of Hamath, hearing of David’s great success, sent to congratulate him and to court his favour with a noble present, 1 Chron. 18:9 , 10 . It is in vain to contend with the Son of David. Kiss the Son , therefore, lest he be angry ; let the kings and judges of the earth, and all in…
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