2 Samuel 18:7 - The Scriptures 2009

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ [Absalom's] men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter that day of 20,000 men.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s soldiers. A great slaughter of twenty thousand men took place that day.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And the people of Israel were cut down in that place by the army of David. And a great slaughter occurred on that day: twenty thousand men.

2 Samuel 18:7 Cross References

Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear יהוה and the sovereign; Do not mingle with those who change;

Proverbs 11:21

Hand to hand, the evil one does not go unpunished, But the seed of the righteous shall escape.

2 Chronicles 28:6

And Peqaḥ son of Remalyahu killed one hundred and twenty thousand in Yehuḏah in one day, all brave men, because they had forsaken יהוה Elohim of their fathers.

2 Samuel 15:6

And Aḇshalom did this to all Yisra’ĕl who came to the sovereign for right-ruling. And Aḇshalom stole the hearts of the men of Yisra’ĕl.

2 Samuel 2:31

But the servants of Dawiḏ had stricken, of Binyamin and Aḇnĕr’s men, three hundred and sixty men who died.

2 Samuel 2:26

And Aḇnĕr called to Yo’aḇ and said, “Should the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it is bitter in the latter end? And when are you going to say to the people to turn back from pursuing their brothers?”

2 Samuel 2:17

And the battle was fierce that day, and Aḇnĕr and the men of Yisra’ĕl were smitten before the servants of Dawiḏ.

2 Samuel 18:6

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

2 Samuel 18:8

And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

Psalm 144:10

Who gives deliverance to sovereigns, Who rescues Dawiḏ His servant From the evil sword.