2 Samuel 18:8

New American Bible - revised edition

The battle spread out over that entire region, and the forest consumed more combatants that day than did the sword. Death of Absalom.

Cross References

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.

2 Samuel 18:9

Absalom unexpectedly came up against David’s servants. He was mounted on a mule, and, as the mule passed under the branches of a large oak tree, his hair caught fast in the tree. He hung between heaven and earth while the mule under him kept going.

1 Kings 20:30

The survivors fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall collapsed on twenty-seven thousand of them. Ben-hadad, too, fled, and took refuge within the city, in an inner room.

Psalm 3:7

I do not fear, then, thousands of people arrayed against me on every side.

Psalm 43:1

Grant me justice, O God; defend me from a faithless people; from the deceitful and unjust rescue me.

Exodus 15:10

When you blew with your breath, the sea covered them; like lead they sank in the mighty waters.

Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear the Lord and the king; have nothing to do with those who hate them;

Proverbs 24:22

For disaster will issue suddenly, and calamity from them both, who knows when?

Joshua 10:11

While they fled before Israel along the descent of Beth-horon, the Lord hurled great stones from the heavens above them all the way to Azekah, killing many. More died from these hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.