2 Samuel 18:7

Where the people of Israel were slaine before the seruants of Dauid: so there was a great slaughter that day, euen of twentie thousande.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 fielde to meete Israel, and the battell was in the wood of Ephraim:

8For the battel was skattered ouer all the countrey: and the wood deuoured much more people that day, then did the sworde.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:26Then Abner called to Ioab, and said, Shall the sworde deuoure for euer? knowest thou not, that it will be bitternesse in the latter ende? howe long then shall it be, or thou bid the people returne from following their brethren?

2 Samuel 15:6And on this maner did Absalom to al Israel, that came to the King for iudgement: so Absalom stale the hearts of the men of Israel.

2 Chronicles 13:16And the children of Israel fledde before Iudah, and God deliuered them into their hande.

Proverbs 11:21Though hande ioyne in hande, the wicked shall not be vnpunished: but the seede of the righteous shall escape.

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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