2 Samuel 18:8

For 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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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7And 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.

9And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak. And he was taken up between sky and earth, and t

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Cross References

Exodus 15:10Thou did blow with thy wind, the sea covered them. They sank as lead in the mighty waters.

Judges 5:20From heaven the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

Psalms 3:7Arise, O LORD. Save me, O my God. For thou have smitten all my enemies upon the cheek bone. Thou have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Proverbs 24:21My son, fear thou LORD and the king, [and] do not associate with those who are given to change.

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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