2 Samuel 8:13

David became famous ¹  when he returned from defeating the Arameans ²  in the Valley of Salt, he defeated ³  18,000 in all.

And David became famous after he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

So David made a name for himself when he returned from killing 18,000 Arameans in the Valley of Salt.

So David became very famous. After his return he destroyed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

David built a victory monument on his return from defeating the Arameans. Abishai son of Zeruiah fought and defeated the Edomites in the Salt Valley. Eighteen thousand of them were killed.

And David got great honour for himself, when he came back, by the destruction of Edom in the valley of Salt, to the number of eighteen thousand men.

David won a name for himself. When he returned, he killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

And David made himself a name when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Syrians in the Valley of Salt.

David became famous ¹  when he returned from defeating the Arameans ²  in the Valley of Salt, he defeated ³  18,000 in all.

¹ tn Heb “made a name.”

² tn So NASB, NCV; NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “Edomites” (see the note on “Aram” in v. 12).

³ tn The words “he defeated” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.