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2 Samuel 18:6

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So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

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2 Samuel 18:6 in other translations

So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

2 Samuel 18:6 · World English Bible

2 Samuel 18:6 in context

  1. 4And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate-side, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
  2. 5And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
  3. 6So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
  4. 7And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
  5. 8For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.