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Salt, Valley of

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By: James P. Boyd

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Supposedly the valley, or depression, of Akabah, extending from Dead Sea to Gulf of Akabah

(2 Sam. 8:13¹³And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. (2 Samuel 8:13); 2 Kings 14:7⁷He 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. (2 Kings 14:7); 1 Chron. 18:12¹²Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand. (1 Chronicles 18:12); 2 Chron. 25:11¹¹And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. (2 Chronicles 25:11); Psa. 60 title). But many excellent authorities limit it to a section of Edom near Petra.

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