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


In Context

3 But the people said, |You shall not go forth; for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us out of the city.|

4 The king said to them, |I will do what seems best to you.| The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

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

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

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

8 For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

2 Samuel 18:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:6The army marched into the field to fight Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:6So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:6So the people went out into the field against Israel and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:6So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:6And the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:6So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:6So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:6And the people goeth out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:6So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;