2 Samuel 18:6

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

So the people {H5971} went out {H3318} into the field {H7704} against {H7125} Israel {H3478}: and the battle {H4421} was in the wood {H3293} of Ephraim {H669};

So the people went out into the field against Isra'el; the battle took place in the forest of Efrayim.

So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel in the battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 17:18 (5 votes)

    But the mountain shall be thine; for it [is] a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, [and] though they [be] strong.

  • Joshua 17:15 (4 votes)

    And Joshua answered them, If thou [be] a great people, [then] get thee up to the wood [country], and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

  • Judges 12:4 (3 votes)

    Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites [are] fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, [and] among the Manassites.

  • Judges 12:6 (3 votes)

    Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce [it] right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.