2 Samuel 18:6
King James Version (KJV)
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
In context
4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
7 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.
8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
2 Samuel 18:6 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
- WEB World English Bible
- So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel in the battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.
- ASV American Standard Version
- So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the people goeth out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
- WBS Webster Bible
- So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;