2 Kings 14:7
What does 2 Kings 14:7 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 14:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He put to the sword twelve thousand men of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela in war, naming it Joktheel, as it is to this day.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862He hath smitten Edom, in the valley of salt--ten thousand, and seized Selah in war, and <FI>one<Fi> calleth its name Joktheel unto this day,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He slew of Edom in the valley of the Saltpits, ten thousand men, and took the rock by war, and called the name thereof Jectehel, unto this day.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Sela in the war, and called the name of it Joktheel to this day.
Context
v.6but the children of the murderers he put not to death; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as Jehovah commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.
v.7This passage
v.8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 15:38
and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
- Psalms 60:1
O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.
- 2 Kings 8:20
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
- 2 Samuel 8:13
And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
- 2 Chronicles 25:11
And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
- Isaiah 16:1
Send ye the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.