They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and raised up a huge mound of stones over him. And all Israel fled, each to his tent.
1 Samuel 4:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was severe #– #thirty thousand of the Israelite foot soldiers fell. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Philistines fought; Israel was smitten and they fled every man to his own home. There was a very great slaughter; for 30,000 foot soldiers of Israel fell. American Standard Version (1901) And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. Common English Bible So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated, and everyone fled to their homes. It was a massive defeat: thirty thousand Israelite foot soldiers fell, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, the Philistines fought, and Israel was cut down, and each one fled to his own tent. And an exceedingly great slaughter occurred. And thirty thousand foot soldiers from Israel fell. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So the Philistines fought; and Israel was overthrown; and every man fled to his own dwelling. And there was an exceeding great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. |
They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and raised up a huge mound of stones over him. And all Israel fled, each to his tent.
Israel’s army was defeated by David’s soldiers, and the slaughter there was vast that day #– #twenty thousand dead.
So the king got up and sat in the city gate, and all the people were told, ‘Look, the king is sitting in the city gate.’ Then they all came into the king’s presence. Meanwhile, each Israelite had fled to his tent.
Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted: We have no portion in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Each man to his tent, Israel!
When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered him: What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Israel, return to your tents; David, now look after your own house! So Israel went to their tents,
Then the cry rang out in the army as the sun set, declaring: Each man to his own city, and each man to his own land!
Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and five hundred thousand fit young men of Israel were killed.
‘ “But return to my place that was at Shiloh, where I made my name dwell at first. See what I did to it because of the evil of my people Israel.
I will turn against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even though no one is pursuing you.
‘But if you do not obey the Lord your God by carefully following all his commands and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overtake you:
The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
The Lord said to Samuel, ‘I am about to do something in Israel that will cause everyone who hears about it to shudder. ,
The Philistines lined up in battle formation against Israel, and as the battle intensified, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.