2 Samuel 18:6 - Tree of Life Version

Then the troops went out to the field to confront Israel but the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

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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

Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

2 Samuel 18:7

The people of Israel were defeated there before the followers of David, and the slaughter that day was great—20,000 men.

Joshua 17:15

So Joshua said to them, “If you have so many people, go you up to the forest and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”

Joshua 17:18

because the hill country should be yours. Though it is a forest, you will clear it, and to its farthest borders it will be yours—for you will drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and even though they are strong.”