Valley of Salt
Where Valley of Salt sits on the map, and the 5 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Es Sebkha
- Coordinates
- 31.0505, 35.4063
- Mentions
- 5 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
5 verses, in biblical order.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 8:13
David also made a name for himself when he returned from seizing Syria, in the Valley of the Salt Pits, having cut down eighteen thousand.
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 14:7
He struck down ten thousand men of Idumea, in the Valley of the Salt Pits. And he captured ‘the Rock’ in battle, and he called its name ‘Subdued by God,’ even to the present day.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 18:12
Truly, Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of the Salt Pits.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 25:11
Then Amaziah confidently led forth his people. And he went away to the Valley of the Salt Pits, and he struck down ten thousand of the sons of Seir.
Psalms
- Psalms 60:1
Unto the end. With hymns, of David.