2 Samuel 18:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:26

The Israelites and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

2 Samuel 18:7

The men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the slaughter there was great on that day, twenty thousand men.

Joshua 17:15

And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up to the forest and clear ground there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”

Joshua 17:18

but the hill country shall be yours, for though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders, for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron and though they are strong.”