2 Samuel 18:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim. American Standard Version (1901) So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim. Common English Bible So the troops marched into the field to meet the Israelites. The battle was fought in the Ephraim forest. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, the people departed into the field against Israel. And the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim. |
The men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the slaughter there was great on that day, twenty thousand men.
And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up to the forest and clear ground there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”
but the hill country shall be yours, for though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders, for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron and though they are strong.”