2 Samuel 18:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

David’s army went out into the field against Absalom’s Israelites. They fought in the forest of Ephraim.

Cross References

Joshua 17:18

You will take these mountains. It is a forest, but you can cut down the trees and make it a good place to live. You can take it from the Canaanites and force them to leave. You can defeat them, even if they are strong and have iron chariots.”

Joshua 17:15

Joshua answered them, “If you have too many people, go up to the wooded area in the hill country and clear that land for a place to live. That land now belongs to the Perizzites and the Rephaites. But if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go take that land.”

2 Samuel 18:7

David’s army defeated the Israelites. It was a great defeat because 20,000 men were killed that day.