2 Samuel 18:6

2 Samuel 18:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
• New International Version (NIV)David’s army marched out of the city to fight Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the people went out into the field of battle against Israel. And the battle was in the woods of Ephraim.

Context of 2 Samuel 18:6

4The king said to them, ‘I will do whatever you think is good.’ So he stood beside the gate of the city while his army marched out. They marched out in their groups of hundreds and of thousands. 5The king commanded Joab, Abishai and Ittai, ‘Because the young man Absalom is my son, do not hurt him.’ All the soldiers heard David give this command to the three officers. David's army marched out to fight Israel's army. They fought the battle in the forest of Ephraim. 7David's soldiers won the fight against Israel's soldiers. Many soldiers died in the battle that day. There were 20,000 dead men. 8They fought the battle everywhere in the forest and around it. The forest itself caused the death of more men than the battle did.

2 Samuel 18:6 word by word

וַיֵּצֵ֥א הָעָ֛ם הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה לִקְרַ֣את יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַתְּהִ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה בְּיַ֥עַר אֶפְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So the peopleעַם‛am · people: soldiersH5971
• went outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• into the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• againstקִרְאָהqir'âh · befallH7125
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• and the battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• was in the woodיַ֫עַרya‛ar · (Ephraim) ForestH3293
• of Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · (Forest of) EphraimH669

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 18:6

• Joshua 17:15Joshua said to them, ‘Because there are so many of you, you may take more land. If the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, move into the forest that belongs to the Perizzites and the Rephaites. Cut down trees there to make a place to live.’
• Judges 12:4Jephthah brought together all the men of Gilead. They fought against the men of Ephraim's tribe. The men of Gilead won the fight. They were angry because the men of Ephraim had insulted them. They had said, ‘You people of Gilead have run away to live on the land of Ephraim and Manasseh.’

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 18:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Against Israel - Implying that the revolt was in a great measure that of the ten tribes, Saul‘s party, against the kingdom. The wood of Ephraim - This would naturally be sought in the west of Jordan (marginal reference). But on the other hand it seems certain that the scene of this battle was on the east of Jordan. It seems therefore inevitable to conclude that some portion of the thick wood of oaks and terebinths which still runs down to the Jordan on…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The forest of Ephraim was an area east of the Jordan settled by the tribe of Ephraim.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. wood of Ephraim--This wood, of course, was on the east of Jordan. Its name was derived, according to some, from the slaughter of the Ephraimites by Jephthah--according to others, from the connection of blood with the trans-jordanic Manasseh.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 18:6

• Ephraim

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Israel
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Wood of Ephraim
• Charge
• David
• Ephraim, Wood of
• Forest

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings