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.

[8:12]  ¹ tn Heb “from.”

[8:12]  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).

[8:12]  ³ tn Heb “and from the plunder of.”

[8:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “made a name.”

[8:13]  ⁵ tn So NASB, NCV; NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “Edomites” (see the note on “Aram” in v. 12).

[8:13]  ⁶ tn The words “he defeated” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[10:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the army which was with him.”