2 Samuel 18:7

and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is great on that day — twenty thousand;

Young's Literal Translation

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

6And the people goeth out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;

8and the battle is there scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplieth to devour among the people more than those whom the sword hath devoured in that day.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:26and Abner calleth unto Joab, and saith, 'For ever doth the sword consume? hast thou not known that it is bitterness in the latter end? and till when dost thou not say to the people to turn back from after their brethren?'

2 Samuel 15:6and Absalom doth according to this thing to all Israel who come in for judgment unto the king, and Absalom stealeth the heart of the men of Israel.

2 Chronicles 13:16And the sons of Israel flee from the face of Judah, and God giveth them into their hand,

Proverbs 11:21Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.

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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