2 Samuel 18:6 - The Scriptures 2009

So the people went out into the field to meet Yisra’ĕl. And the battle was in the forest of Ephrayim,

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King 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.

2 Samuel 18:6 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:26

And Yisra’ĕl and Aḇshalom encamped in the land of Gil‛aḏ.

2 Samuel 18:7

and the people of Yisra’ĕl were smitten there before the servants of Dawiḏ. And the slaughter there that day was great – twenty thousand.

Joshua 17:15

And Yehoshua said to them, “If you are a great people, go up to the forest and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and the Repha’ites, since the hill country of Ephrayim is too narrow for you.”

Joshua 17:18

for the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and its farthest limits shall be yours. For you are to drive out the Kena‛anites, though they have iron chariots and are strong.”