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

Context of 2 Samuel 18:6

4Then the king said to them, “Whatever seems best to you I will do.” So the king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands. 5Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.” And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains orders concerning Absalom. So the people went out into the field of battle against Israel. And the battle was in the woods of Ephraim. 7The people of Israel were overthrown there before the servants of David, and a great slaughter of twenty thousand took place there that day. 8For the battle there was scattered over the face of the whole countryside, and the woods devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

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 17:15So Joshua answered them, “If you are a great people, then go up to the forest country and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and the giants, since the mountains of Ephraim are too confined for you.”
• Judges 12:4Now Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because they said, “You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and among the Manassites.”

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
• Wood of Ephraim
• Charge
• David
• Ephraim, Wood of
• Forest
• Lift
• Pillar
• Rise

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