Text: Psalms 60:2
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 8:12-13
Subject: Valley of Salt victory (B)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Psalm 60's superscription references David's wars with Aram and the Edomite campaign in the Valley of Salt. 2 Samuel 8:12-13 records that David "dedicated to the LORD the silver and gold he had taken from all the nations he had subdued" including Edom, and that "David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt." The psalm provides the liturgical-poetic counterpart to 2 Samuel's historical chronicle, revealing that David's military campaigns were accompanied by theological reflection — the psalm's lament acknowledges that even victories involved divine chastening ("You have shaken the land," v. 2) before God granted triumph.
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Text: 2 Samuel 8:12
OT Text Referred to: Psalm 60
Subject: striking down an enemy in the valley of salt
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: 2 Samuel 8:12-13 records David striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt (גֵּיא מֶלַח, ge' melach). Psalm 60's superscription directly references this same event: "when he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt." The psalm provides the liturgical-theological interpretation of the military event narrated in Samuel. While Samuel presents a factual war report, Psalm 60 reveals David's spiritual crisis during the campaign: "O God, You have rejected us... You have made the land quake" (v.1), followed by a divine oracle claiming sovereignty over the conquered territories: "Moab is My washbasin, over Edom I toss My sandal" (v.8). The number difference (18,000 vs. 12,000) may reflect different tallies of separate engagements in the same campaign.