2 Samuel 18:7

2 Samuel 18:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)There Israel’s troops were routed by David’s men, and the casualties that day were great—twenty thousand men.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the loss there was great on that day, twenty thousand men.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The people of Israel were overthrown there before the servants of David, and a great slaughter of twenty thousand took place there that day.

Context of 2 Samuel 18:7

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. 6David's army marched out to fight Israel's army. They fought the battle in the forest of Ephraim. David'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. 9During the battle, Absalom was riding on his mule and he met some of David's soldiers. His mule carried him under a big oak tree. The tree's branches caught Absalom's hair so that he hung there above the ground. His mule ran off and left him there.

2 Samuel 18:7 word by word

וַיִּנָּ֤גְפוּ שָׁם֙ עַ֣ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִפְנֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֣י דָוִ֑ד וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֞ם הַמַּגֵּפָ֧ה גְדוֹלָ֛ה בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא עֶשְׂרִ֥ים אָֽלֶף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Where the peopleעַם‛am · people: soldiersH5971
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• were slainנָגַףnâgaph · to strikeH5062
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• of Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• and there was there a greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• slaughterמַגֵּפָהmaggêphâh · plagueH4046
• that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 18:7

• 2 Samuel 2:17That day, the two groups fought a great battle against each other. David's men won the fight against Abner and the men of Israel.
• 2 Samuel 15:6Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to Jerusalem to ask the king for justice. In that way, Absalom turned the people of Israel so that they became faithful to him.
• 2 Samuel 19:41Then all the men of Israel's tribes came to the king. They complained, ‘Why did our brothers, the men of Judah's tribe, take you for themselves? Why were they the only people who could help the king to cross the Jordan River? They helped you and your family and your soldiers to cross, and we had no part in it.’
• Proverbs 11:21Be sure about this: Evil people will receive the punishment that they deserve. But people who are righteous will escape.
• Proverbs 24:2130. My child, respect and obey the Lord, and the king too. Do not be friends with people who turn against them.
• 2 Samuel 2:26Abner shouted to Joab, ‘We should stop fighting. We do not want to continue killing one another for ever. In the end, we would all be very sad. Please tell your men to stop chasing after their brothers.’
• 2 Chronicles 13:16Israel's soldiers ran away as Judah's army chased after them. God caused Judah's soldiers to win the fight.
• 2 Chronicles 28:6In one day, King Pekah of Israel, Remaliah's son, killed 120,000 of Judah's best soldiers. God punished the people of Judah because they had turned away from the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 18:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Twenty thousand men - Whether these were slain on the field of battle, or whether they were reckoned with those slain in the wood of Ephraim, we know not.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. the people of Israel were slain--This designation, together with the immense slaughter mentioned later, shows the large extent to which the people were enlisted in this unhappy civil contest.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 18:7

• Ephraim

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• David
• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• That Day
• Charge
• Lift
• Pillar
• Rise
• Thrust

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