Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home.
They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and stacked a huge pile of stones over him. In the meantime all the Israelite soldiers fled to their homes.
As the sun was setting, a cry went through the camp, “Each one should return to his city and to his homeland.”
So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers fell in battle.