2 Samuel 18:7

Plain English Version

They chased each other in the bush, and they attacked each other with spears and bows and arrows. David’s mob beat Absalom’s mob and killed lots of them dead. But even more soldiers died from things in the bush. 20,000 men died on that day.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:6

Absalom used to do that whenever one of the Israel mob came to talk to David, to ask for help. So that’s the way he got the Israel mob to like him. They didn’t like his father David any more.

2 Samuel 18:6

David’s mob went away from the town, and they met the Israel mob in the bush at a place called Ephraim.