2 Samuel 18:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then David’s forces marched into the field to engage Israel in battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim. American Standard Version (1901) So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim. Common English Bible So the troops marched into the field to meet the Israelites. The battle was fought in the Ephraim forest. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, the people departed into the field against Israel. And the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim. |
Israel’s army was defeated by David’s soldiers, and the slaughter there was vast that day #– #twenty thousand dead.
‘If you have so many people,’ Joshua replied to them, ‘go to the forest and clear an area for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, because Ephraim’s hill country is too small for you.’
because the hill country will be yours also. It is a forest; clear it and its outlying areas will be yours. You can also drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.’