2 Samuel 18:7

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

2 Samuel 18:7

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.

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KJV

King James Version

Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand [men].

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WEB

World English Bible

The people of Israel were struck there before David’s servants, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And 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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Samuel 18

⁵ Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.

⁶ So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

⁷ There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.

⁸ The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.

⁹ Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.

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