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2 Samuel 18:6

EphraimForest of Ephraim

4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.

5 And 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.

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

7 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.

8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

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BSB
So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel in the battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.
KJV
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
WEB
So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
ASV
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
DARBY
And the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
BLB
And the people went out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
ÅB
Så dro folket ut i marken mot Israel, og det kom til slag i Efra'imskogen.
OTB
Så gikk folket ut i marken for å møte Israel, og slaget ble utkjempet i Efraimskogen.
B1930
Så drog folket ut i marken mot Israel, og det kom til slag i Efra'imskogen.

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Cross references

  • Joshua 17:18

    But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.

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  • Joshua 17:15

    And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

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  • Judges 12:4–6

    Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.

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