2 Samuel 8:12-13

8:12 including 1  Aram, 2  Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amelek. This also included some of the plunder taken from 3  King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah.

8:13 David became famous 4  when he returned from defeating the Arameans 5  in the Valley of Salt, he defeated 6  18,000 in all.

2 Samuel 10:13

10:13 So Joab and his men 7  marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.

1 tn Heb “from.”

2 tc The present translation follows the MT; a few Hebrew mss along with the LXX and Syriac read “Edom” (cf. 2 Sam 8:14 and 1 Chr 18:11). Many modern English versions read “Edom” here (e.g., NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

3 tn Heb “and from the plunder of.”

4 tn Heb “made a name.”

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

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

7 tn Heb “and the army which was with him.”