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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So the battle began in the forest of Ephraim,

Context of 2 Samuel 18:6

4The king said to them, "Whatever seems best to you I will do." So the king stood at the side of the gate, while all the army marched out by hundreds and by thousands. 5And the king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, "Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom." And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders about Absalom. So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim. 7And the men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the loss there was great on that day, twenty thousand men. 8The battle spread over the face of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword.

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 17:15And Joshua said to them, "If you are a numerous people, go up by yourselves to the forest, and there clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you."
• Judges 12:4Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst 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