7He 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
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.
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Amaziah, the son and successor of Joash, is the king whom here we have an account of. Let us take a view of him, I. In the temple; and there he acted, in some measure, well, like Joash, but not like David, 2 Kgs. 14:3. He began well, but did not persevere: He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , kept up his attendance on God’s altars and his attention to God’s word, yet not like Dav…
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