2 Samuel 18:7

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.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

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

8For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Know thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before thou bid the people return from following their brothers?

2 Samuel 15:6And on this manner Absalom did to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

2 Chronicles 13:16And the sons of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand.

Proverbs 11:21Hand in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 18:2-9

Preparations for Battle. ( b. c. 1023.) 1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. 2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. 3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away,… Read the whole commentary →

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