He set up military camps throughout Edom, and the people there became his subjects. The LORD made David victorious everywhere.

Abishai, whose mother was Zeruiah, defeated the Edomites in Salt Valley and killed eighteen thousand of them.

He set up military camps throughout Edom, and the people there became King David's subjects. The LORD made David victorious everywhere.

You have rejected us, God, and defeated us; you have been angry with us---but now turn back to us.

Who, O God, will take me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

The LORD said to her, "Two nations are within you; You will give birth to two rival peoples. One will be stronger than the other; The older will serve the younger."

You will live by your sword, But be your brother's slave. Yet when you rebel, You will break away from his control."

He will conquer his enemies in Edom And make their land his property, While Israel continues victorious.

The nation of Israel will trample them down And wipe out the last survivors."

Then, when the LORD your God lets you capture the city, kill every man in it.

The LORD says to his people, "I have always loved you." But they reply, "How have you shown your love for us?" The LORD answers, "Esau and Jacob were brothers, but I have loved Jacob and his descendants,

and have hated Esau and his descendants. I have devastated Esau's hill country and abandoned the land to jackals."

So now kill every boy and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse,