2 Samuel 18:6 - New International Version (Anglicised)

David’s army marched out of the city to fight Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

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King 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.

2 Samuel 18:6 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 17:26

The Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

2 Samuel 18:7

There Israel’s troops were routed by David’s men, and the casualties that day were great – twenty thousand men.

Joshua 17:15

‘If you are so numerous,’ Joshua answered, ‘and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites.’

Joshua 17:18

but the forested hill country as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have chariots fitted with iron and though they are strong, you can drive them out.’