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 gave this order to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: “For my sake deal gently with the young man Absalom.” Now the entire army was listening when the king gave all the leaders this order concerning Absalom. 6Then the army marched out to the field to fight against Israel. The battle took place in the forest of Ephraim. The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men. The slaughter there was great that day – 20,000 soldiers were killed. 8The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day. 9Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his mule, it went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, while the mule he had been riding kept going.

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 2:17Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David’s soldiers.
• 2 Samuel 15:6Absalom acted this way toward everyone in Israel who came to the king for justice. In this way Absalom won the loyalty of the citizens of Israel.
• 2 Samuel 19:41Then all the men of Israel began coming to the king. They asked the king, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, sneak the king away and help the king and his household cross the Jordan – and not only him but all of David’s men as well?”
• Proverbs 11:21Be assured that the evil person will certainly be punished, but the descendants of the righteous will not suffer unjust judgment.
• Proverbs 24:21Fear the Lord, my child, as well as the king, and do not associate with rebels,
• 2 Samuel 2:26Then Abner called out to Joab, “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?”
• 2 Chronicles 13:16The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, and God handed them over to the men of Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 28:6In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the Lord 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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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