2 Kings 14:7

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He defeated 10,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day.

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  • 2 Sam 8:13 : 13 David became famous when he returned from defeating the Edomites in the Valley of Salt; he defeated 18,000 in all.
  • 1 Chr 18:12 : 12 Abishai son of Zeruiah killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
  • Josh 15:38 : 38 Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel,
  • Ps 60:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!
  • Isa 16:1 : 1 Send rams as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the wilderness to the hill of Daughter Zion.
  • 2 Chr 25:11-12 : 11 Amaziah boldly led his army to the Valley of Salt, where he defeated 10,000 Edomites. 12 The men of Judah captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them over. All the captives fell to their death.
  • 2 Kgs 8:20-22 : 20 During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king. 21 Joram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers. The Israelite army retreated to their homeland. 22 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled.

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  • 2 Chr 25:10-14
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    10So Amaziah dismissed the troops that had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. They were very angry at Judah and returned home incensed.

    11Amaziah boldly led his army to the Valley of Salt, where he defeated 10,000 Edomites.

    12The men of Judah captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them over. All the captives fell to their death.

    13Now the troops Amaziah had dismissed and had not allowed to fight in the battle raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth Horon. They killed 3,000 people and carried off a large amount of plunder.

    14When Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir and made them his personal gods. He bowed down before them and offered them sacrifices.

  • 1 Chr 18:12
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    12Abishai son of Zeruiah killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

  • 2 Kgs 14:10-11
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    10You thoroughly defeated Edom and it has gone to your head! Gloat over your success, but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?”

    11But Amaziah would not heed the warning, so King Jehoash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face in Beth Shemesh of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 11:15-16
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    15During David’s campaign against Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.

    16For Joab and the entire Israelite army stayed there six months until they had exterminated every male in Edom.

  • 2 Kgs 14:13
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    13King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He attacked Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate– a distance of about six hundred feet.

  • 2 Chr 25:19-21
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    19You defeated Edom and it has gone to your head. Gloat over your success, but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?”

    20But Amaziah did not heed the warning, for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom.

    21So King Joash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other on the battlefield in Beth Shemesh of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 14:22
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    22Azariah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king had passed away.

  • 2 Kgs 8:20-21
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    20During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king.

    21Joram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers. The Israelite army retreated to their homeland.

  • 2 Chr 28:17
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    17The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried off captives.

  • 2 Kgs 3:25-26
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    25They tore down the cities and each man threw a stone into every cultivated field until they were covered. They stopped up every spring and chopped down every productive tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left intact, but the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.

    26When the king of Moab realized he was losing the battle, he and 700 swordsmen tried to break through and attack the king of Edom, but they failed.

  • 2 Kgs 12:21
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    21His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. He was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

  • 2 Kgs 14:8
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    8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel. He said,“Come, let’s meet face to face.”

  • 2 Chr 25:27
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    27From the time Amaziah turned from following the LORD, conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there.

  • Gen 14:7
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    7Then they attacked En Mishpat(that is, Kadesh) again, and they conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazazon Tamar.

  • 2 Sam 8:12-13
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    12including Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek. This also included some of the plunder taken from King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah.

    13David became famous when he returned from defeating the Edomites in the Valley of Salt; he defeated 18,000 in all.

  • 2 Kgs 14:19
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    19Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there.

  • 2 Kgs 14:5-6
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    5When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

    6But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the LORD’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses,“Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. A man must be put to death only for his own sin.”

  • 2 Chr 25:23
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    23King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate– a distance of about six hundred feet.

  • 2 Chr 21:8-9
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    8During Jehoram’s reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king.

    9Jehoram crossed over with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers.

  • Judg 3:13
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    13Eglon formed alliances with the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the city of date palm trees.

  • Gen 14:3
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    3These last five kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim(that is, the Salt Sea).

  • Ezek 25:12
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    12A Prophecy Against Edom“This is what the Sovereign LORD says:‘Edom has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable by taking vengeance on them.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
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    48He fought bravely, striking down the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hand of its enemies.

  • Deut 3:14
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    14Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the Argob region as far as the border with the Geshurites and Maacathites(namely Bashan) and called it by his name, Havvoth Jair, which it retains to this very day.)

  • 2 Kgs 10:14
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    14He said,“Capture them alive!” So they captured them alive and then executed all forty-two of them in the cistern at Beth Eked. He left no survivors.

  • 2 Kgs 14:15
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    15The rest of the events of Jehoash’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

  • Josh 11:17
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    17from Mount Halak on up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them.

  • Judg 1:8
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    8The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They put the sword to it and set the city on fire.

  • Num 21:14
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    14This is why it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD,“Waheb in Suphah and the wadis, the Arnon

  • 2 Chr 28:5
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    5The LORD his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him.

  • 2 Chr 20:23
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    23The Ammonites and Moabites attacked the men from Mount Seir and annihilated them. When they had finished off the men of Seir, they attacked and destroyed one another.

  • 2 Sam 12:28
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    28So now assemble the rest of the army and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city and it will be named for me.”

  • Josh 13:11
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    11Their territory also included Gilead, Geshurite and Maacathite territory, all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah–

  • 2 Kgs 14:17
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    17King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.

  • Ezek 25:14
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    14I will exact my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel. They will carry out in Edom my anger and rage; they will experience my vengeance, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”