Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for a settlement. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 18:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Israel’s army was defeated by David’s soldiers, and the slaughter there was vast that day #– #twenty thousand dead. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Absalom's] men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter that day of 20,000 men. American Standard Version (1901) And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men. Common English Bible The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s soldiers. A great slaughter of twenty thousand men took place that day. Catholic Public Domain Version And the people of Israel were cut down in that place by the army of David. And a great slaughter occurred on that day: twenty thousand men. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the people of Israel were defeated there by David's army: and a great slaughter was made that day of twenty thousand men. |
Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for a settlement. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
Then David’s forces marched into the field to engage Israel in battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.
The battle spread over the entire area, and that day the forest claimed more people than the sword.
The battle that day was extremely fierce, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers.
Then Abner called out to Joab, ‘Must the sword devour for ever? Don’t you realise this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers? ’
Pekah son of Remaliah killed one hundred and twenty thousand in Judah in one day #– #all brave men #– #because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors.
Be assured that a wicked person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
My son, fear the Lord, as well as the king, and don’t associate with rebels,