7Where 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

4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.

5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

7 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. ]

8 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.

9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a 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 the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

2 Samuel 18:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:7There the army of Israel was defeated by David's men, and the casualties that day were great-twenty thousand men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:7And the people of Israel were defeated there by David's army, and a great slaughter was made that day of twenty thousand men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:7And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7And the people of Israel were routed before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day: twenty thousand men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:7And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7The people of Israel were struck there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is great on that day — twenty thousand;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:7Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.