2 Samuel 18:7
The people of Israel were struck there before David’s servants, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
6So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long will it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?”
2 Samuel 15:6Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgement. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
2 Chronicles 13:16The children of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand.
Proverbs 11:21Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will 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 →