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SALT, Valley of

Valley in the southern vicinity of the Dead Sea. The Valley of Salt was the scene of two major military campaigns recorded in the OT. Initially, it was where David made a name for himself by routing the Edomite army (2 Sm 8:13). Abishai, one of David’s mighty men, was credited with killing 18,000 Edomites there (1 Chr 18:12). Later, King Amaziah of Judah defeated the Edomite army in this valley and captured Sela, an Edomite stronghold in the nearby hill country (2 Kgs 14:7; 2 Chr 25:11).

Show passage in OET: SA2 8:13

OET-RV SA2 8:13

13 Then David made more of a name for himself when he returned from defeating eighteen thousand Arameans in the Salt Valley.

OET-LV SA2 8:13

13 And_ Dāvid _he/it_made a_name when_returned_he from_when_he_defeated DOM ʼArām in_the_Valley_of Salt eight- teen thousand.
Show passage in OET: CH1 18:12

OET-RV CH1 18:12

12 Avishay (whose mother was Tseruyah) defeated Edom in the Salt Valley, killing eighteen thousand of them.

OET-LV CH1 18:12

12 And_ʼAⱱshay the_son_of Tsərūyāh/(Zeruiah) he_struck_down DOM ʼEdōm in_Valley_of Salt eight- teen thousand.
Show passage in OET: KI2 14:7

OET-RV KI2 14:7

7 He led the victory over ten thousand Edomim in the Salt Valley, seizing Sela in the battle and renaming it as Yakete’el which it’s still called today.

OET-LV KI2 14:7

7 He he_defeated DOM ʼEdōm in_the_Valley_of_Salt_in_the_Valley_of Salt ten_of thousand(s) and_he_seized DOM (the)_Şelaˊ in_battle and_he/it_called DOM his/its_name Yoqtəʼēl/(Joktheel) until the_day (the)_this.
Show passage in OET: CH2 25:11

OET-RV CH2 25:11

11 Then Amatsyah took courage and led his army out to the Salt Valley, where they slaughtered ten thousand Edomi soldiers.

OET-LV CH2 25:11

11 And_ʼAmaʦyāh he_strengthened_himself and_he_led_out DOM people_of_his and_he/it_went the_Valley_of Salt and_he_struck_down DOM the_people_of Sēˊīr ten_of thousand(s).

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The location of the Valley of Salt is not altogether certain. Some identify it with Wadi el-Milh (meaning “salt”) east of Beersheba in Judah. A more probable suggestion is with es-Sebkha, a lifeless saline plain south of the Dead Sea positioned in the Arabah, leading to the hill country of Edom.