2 Samuel 18:8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The battle spread over the entire region, and that day the forest claimed more people than the sword.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:7

The people of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers, and the slaughter there was vast that day — 20,000 casualties.

2 Samuel 18:9

Absalom was riding on his mule when he happened to meet David’s soldiers. When the mule went under the tangled branches of a large oak tree, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so he was suspended in midair.

1 Kings 20:30

The ones who remained fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall fell on those 27,000 remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled and went into an inner room in the city.

Psalm 3:7

Rise up, Lord! Save me, my God! You strike all my enemies on the cheek; You break the teeth of the wicked.

Psalm 43:1

Vindicate me, God, and defend my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Exodus 15:10

But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear the Lord, as well as the king, and don’t associate with rebels,

Proverbs 24:22

for destruction from them will come suddenly; who knows what distress these two can bring?

Joshua 10:11

As they fled before Israel, the Lord threw large hailstones on them from the sky along the descent of Beth-horon all the way to Azekah, and they died. More of them died from the hail than the Israelites killed with the sword.