2 Samuel 18:8

New International Version

The battle spread out over the whole countryside, and the forest swallowed up more men that day than the sword.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:7

There Israel’s troops were routed by David’s men, and the casualties that day were great—twenty thousand men.

2 Samuel 18:9

Now Absalom happened to meet David’s men. He was riding his mule, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s hair got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair, while the mule he was riding kept on going.

1 Kings 20:30

The rest of them escaped to the city of Aphek, where the wall collapsed on twenty-seven thousand of them. And Ben-Hadad fled to the city and hid in an inner room.

Psalm 3:7

Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

Psalm 43:1

Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked.

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

Fear the Lord and the king, my son, and do not join with rebellious officials,

Proverbs 24:22

for those two will send sudden destruction on them, and who knows what calamities they can bring?

Joshua 10:11

As they fled before Israel on the road down from Beth Horon to Azekah, the Lord hurled large hailstones down on them, and more of them died from the hail than were killed by the swords of the Israelites.