2 Samuel 18:6

Good News Translation

David's army went out into the countryside and fought the Israelites in Ephraim Forest.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:26

Absalom and his men camped in the land of Gilead.

2 Samuel 18:7

The Israelites were defeated by David's men; it was a terrible defeat, with twenty thousand men killed that day.

Joshua 17:15

Joshua answered, “If there are so many of you and the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, then go into the forests and clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”

Joshua 17:18

The hill country will be yours. Even though it is a forest, you will clear it and take possession of it from one end to the other. As for the Canaanites, you will drive them out, even though they do have iron chariots and are a strong people.”