2 Samuel 18:8

And the fighting went on over all the face of the country: and the woods were responsible for more deaths than the sword.

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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 overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.

9And Absalom came across some of David's men. And Absalom was seated on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great tree, and his head became fixed in the tree and he was lifted up between earth and heaven, and the beast under him went on.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:10You sent your wind and the sea came over them: they went down like lead into the great waters.

Judges 5:20The stars from heaven were fighting; from their highways they were fighting against Sisera.

Psalms 3:7\3:6\I will have no fear, though ten thousand have come round me, putting themselves against me.

Proverbs 24:21My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:

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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