2 Samuel 18:6 - Modern English Version

⁶ So the people went out toward Israel in the field, but the fighting occurred in the forest of Ephraim.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

Common English Bible

⁶ So the troops marched into the field to meet the Israelites. The battle was fought in the Ephraim forest.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And so, the people departed into the field against Israel. And the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

2 Samuel 18:6 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 17:26

Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

2 Samuel 18:7

The people of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David. That day the defeat was extensive, twenty thousand men.

Joshua 17:15

Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up to the forests and clear out a place there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the giants, since the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.”

Joshua 17:18

The hill country shall be yours. Although it is a forest you shall clear it and own it to its borders. You shall drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.”