2 Samuel 18:6

New King James Version

So the people went out into the field of battle against Israel. And the battle was in the woods of Ephraim.

Cross References

Joshua 17:18

but the mountain country shall be yours. Although it is wooded, you shall cut it down, and its farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots and are strong.”

Joshua 17:15

So Joshua answered them, “If you are a great people, then go up to the forest country and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and the giants, since the mountains of Ephraim are too confined for you.”

2 Samuel 17:26

So Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

2 Samuel 18:7

The people of Israel were overthrown there before the servants of David, and a great slaughter of twenty thousand took place there that day.