1 Chronicles 18:12

Abishai the son of Zeruiah In 2 Samuel 8:13 David, and in Psalms 60 (title) Joab, receives the credit of this victory. Probably Abishai commanded in the battle, while Joab (cp. 1 Kings 11:16) completed the conquest of the country.

of the Edomites Lit. "of Edom," so Psalms 60 (title), but in 2 Sam. "of the Syrians," lit. "Aram." The two words "Edom" and "Aram" when written in Heb. are very much alike and are easily confused. The reading "Edom" is right here. Cp. Kirkpatrick on 2 Samuel 8:13.

the valley of salt Probably the marshy flat (Bädeker, p. 144) at the S. end of the Dead Sea. This valley is dominated by the Jebel Usdum, a hill consisting "almost entirely of pure crystallised salt" (Bädeker, p. 143).

eighteen thousand Psalms 60 (title), "twelve thousand," not an important variation.