2 Samuel 18:6

New American Bible - revised edition

David’s army then took the field against Israel, and a battle was fought in the forest near Mahanaim.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:26

Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

2 Samuel 18:7

The forces of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the casualties there that day were heavy—twenty thousand men.

Joshua 17:15

Joshua answered them, “If you are too many, go up to the forest and clear out a place for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaim, since the mountain regions of Ephraim are so narrow.”

Joshua 17:18

for the mountain region which is now forest shall be yours when you clear it. Its adjacent land shall also be yours if, despite their strength and iron chariots, you dispossess the Canaanites.”