Valley of Salt
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Named at 2 Samuel 8:13: “David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.” The Korean Revised Version has 에돔 사람, Edomites, where WEB has “the Syrians”.
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- 1CH 18:12–13, engwebp
12Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
13He put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
- 2CH 25:11–12, engwebp
11Amaziah took courage, and led his people out and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the children of Seir.
12The children of Judah carried away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and threw them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.
- 2KI 14:7, engwebp
7He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.
- 2SA 8:13–14, engwebp
13David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.
14He put garrisons in Edom. Throughout all Edom, he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-26
Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.
Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Valley of Salt” by name and 4 shared verses. The leading identification is Es Sebkha (confidence 451 of 1000). The dataset gives no point for it, only the region, river or route it lies in or along, so no point is drawn for it. 1 other identification is listed too.
AI-assisted source review; human approval pending, 2026-09-29
- Es Sebkha
OpenBible.info confidence 451 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.05051, 35.40627
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Valley of Salt” (CC BY 4.0) - Wadi el Milh
OpenBible.info confidence 340 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.216, 35.05055
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Valley of Salt” (CC BY 4.0)
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All 4 relationships: AI-assisted, human review pending
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Narrated location (4) — David strikes down eighteen thousand in the Valley of Salt and puts garrisons in Edom, Amaziah kills ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and takes Sela and calls it Joktheel, The eighteen thousand Edomites whom Abishai strikes in the Valley of Salt, and the garrisons in Edom, Amaziah strikes Seir in the Valley of Salt, and Judah throws captives from a rock
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David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.
He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel, to this day.
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
Amaziah took courage, and led his people out and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the children of Seir.
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Entry: Valley of Salt (place-valley-of-salt)
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Current wording: Named at 2 Samuel 8:13: “David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.” The Korean Revised Version has 에돔 사람, Edomites, where WEB has “the Syrians”.
Cited evidence: 1CH 18:12–13, engwebp / 2CH 25:11–12, engwebp / 2KI 14:7, engwebp / 2SA 8:13–14, engwebp
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