8The battle spread out over the whole countryside, and the forest claimed more lives that day than the sword.
8The battle spread out over the whole countryside, and the forest claimed more lives that day than the sword.
5 The king commanded Joab, Abishai and Ittai, "Be gentle with the young man Absalom for my sake." And all the troops heard the king giving orders concerning Absalom to each of the commanders.
6 The army marched into the field to fight Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
7 There the army of Israel was defeated by David's men, and the casualties that day were great-twenty thousand men.
8 The battle spread out over the whole countryside, and the forest claimed more lives that day than the sword.
9 Now Absalom happened to meet David's men. He was riding his mule, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom's head got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair, while the mule he was riding kept on going.
10 When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, "I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree."
18:8For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
18:8And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the country, and there were many more of the people whom the forest consumed, than whom the sword devoured that day.
18:8For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
18:8And the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
18:8For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country: and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
18:8For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
18:8For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
18:8and 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.
18:8For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.