Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.

So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? / I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.