1 Chronicles 18:12
WEB
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
BSB
Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
KJV
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H52
n-pr-m — Abishai
Derivation: or (shorter) אַבְשַׁי ; from 1 and 7862; father of a gift (i.e. probably generous);
Abishai, an Israelite
KJV: Abishai.
n.pr.m — Abishai
אֲבִישַׁי n.pr.m. (my father is Jesse)—grandson of Jesse; son of Zeruiah & brother of Joab
H1121
n-m — son
Derivation: from 1129;
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
KJV: afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ( ) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
n.m — son
בֵּן 4870 n.m. son
1. son, male child, born of a woman
2. children (male and female)
3. youth, young men
4. the young of animals
5. of plant shoots
6. fig. of lifeless things, sparks, stars, arrows
7.
a. member of a guild, order or class
b. of animals son of (the) herd
8. ב׳ as n. relat. followed by word of quality, characteristic, etc.
9. n. relat. of age
n.pr.m — his son
בְּנוֹ 1 Ch 24:26, 27 as n.pr.m. in AV, RV, but render: the sons of Jaaziah his son, & the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, cf. VB & Be Öt.
H6870
n-pr-f — Tserujah
Derivation: feminine passive participle from the same as 6875; wounded;
Tserujah, an Israelitess
KJV: Zeruiah.
n.pr.f — Zeruiah
צְרוּיָה n.pr.f. mother of Abishai, Joab and Asahel
H5221
v — strike
Derivation: a primitive root;
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), × go forward, × indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, × surely, wound.
vb — smite
[נָכָה] 501 vb. smite (not in Qal)
Niph. and he shall be smitten [struck by weapon in battle] and die
Pu. both be smitten down by the hail
Hiph.
1.
a. lit., smite (with a single, non-fatal, blow), strike
b. smite repeatedly, beat a man
c. and they clapped hands (in applause)
d. give a thrust (with fork) into pot; strike roots
e. rarely smite (in battle) so as (merely) to wound
f. smite, of sun
2. Smite fatally
3. Smite = attack, attack and destroy a company
4. Of God
a. smite with a plague, disease, etc.
b. smite = chastise, or send judgment upon
c. of God’s destroying palaces
Hoph. be smitten
H853
prt — self, even, namely
Derivation: apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity;
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
KJV: [as such unrepresented in English].
mark of the accusative
אֵת the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite
H123
n-pr-m — Edom
Derivation: or (fully) אֱדוֹם ; from 122; red (see Genesis 25:25);
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
KJV: Edom, Edomites, Idumea.
n.pr.m — Edom
אֱדוֹם († אֱדֹם Ez 25:11) n.pr.m.
1. Edom
2. coll. Edomites, Idumeans as descend. of Esau
3. land of Edom, Idumaea
H1516
n — gorge, lofty
Derivation: or (shortened) גַּי; probably (by transmutation) from the same root as 1466 (abbreviated);
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
KJV: valley.
n.m — valley
גַּיְא n.m. valley
H4417
n-m — powder, salt
Derivation: from 4414;
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
KJV: salt(-pit).
n.m — salt
מֶ֫לַח n.m. salt
H8083
n — eight, eighth
Derivation: or שְׁמוֹנֶה; feminine שְׁמֹנָה; or שְׁמוֹנָה; apparently from 8082 through the idea of plumpness;
a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
KJV: eight(-een, -eenth), eighth.
n.m — eight
שְׁמֹנֶה, (less oft. שְׁמוֹנֶה), שְׁמֹנָה 109 n.m. et f. eight
H6240
n — ten, -teen, -teenth
Derivation: for 6235;
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
KJV: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
ten
עָשָׂר, עֶשְׂרֵה ten, only after units to make num. 11-19, both cardinal and ordinal
H505
n-m — thousand
Derivation: prop, the same as 504;
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV: thousand.
n.m — thousand
אֶ֫לֶף n.m. thousand
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Verses 9–17
1 Chronicles 18:9–17
Here let us learn, 1. That it is our interest to make those our friends who have the presence of God with them. The king of Hamath, hearing of David's great success, sent to congratulate him and to court his favour with a noble present, Ch1 18:9, Ch1 18:10. It is in vain to contend with the Son of David. Kiss the Son, therefore, lest he be angry; let the kings and judges of the earth, and all inferior people too, be thus wise, thus instructed. The presents we are to bring him are not vessels of gold and silver, as here (those shall be welcomed to him who have no such presents to bring), but our hearts and sincere affections, our whole selves, we must present to him as living sacrifices. 2. That what God blesses us with we must honour him with. The presents of his friends, as well as the spoils of his enemies, David dedicated unto the Lord (Ch1 18:11), that is, he laid them up towards the building and enriching of the temple. That is most truly and most comfortably our own which we have consecrated unto the Lord, and which we use for his glory. Let our merchandise and our hire be holiness to the Lord, Isa 23:18. 3. That those who take God along with them whithersoever they go may expect to prosper, and be preserved, whithersoever they go. It was said before (Ch1 18:6) and here it is repeated (Ch1 18:13) that the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went. Those are always under the eye of God that have God always in their eye. 4. God gives men power, not that they may look great with it, but that they may do good with it. When David reigned over all Israel he executed judgment and justice among all his people, and so answered the end of his elevation. He was not so intent on his conquests abroad as to neglect the administration of justice at home. Herein he served the purposes of the kingdom of providence, and of that God who sits in the throne judging right; and he was an eminent type of the Messiah, the sceptre of whose kingdom is a right sceptre.
Cross-references: 1Chr 18:9 · 1Chr 18:10 · 1Chr 18:11 · Isa 23:18 · 1Chr 18:6 · 1Chr 18:13