New Living Translation
2 Samuel 18:7
7and the Israelite troops were beaten back by David’s men. There was a great slaughter that day, and 20,000 men laid down their lives.
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
5And the king gave this command to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: “For my sake, deal gently with young Absalom.” And all the troops heard the king give this order to his commanders. 6So the battle began in the forest of Ephraim, and the Israelite troops were beaten back by David’s men. There was a great slaughter that day, and 20,000 men laid down their lives. 8The battle raged all across the countryside, and more men died because of the forest than were killed by the sword. 9During the battle, Absalom happened to come upon some of David’s men. He tried to escape on his mule, but as he rode beneath the thick branches of a great tree, his hair got caught in the tree. His mule kept going and left him dangling in the air.
Read all of 2 Samuel 182 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 2:17A fierce battle followed that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the forces of David.
- 2 Samuel 15:6Absalom did this with everyone who came to the king for judgment, and so he stole the hearts of all the people of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 19:41But all the men of Israel complained to the king, “The men of Judah stole the king and didn’t give us the honor of helping take you, your household, and all your men across the Jordan.”
- Proverbs 11:21Evil people will surely be punished, but the children of the godly will go free.
- Proverbs 24:21My child, fear the Lord and the king. Don’t associate with rebels,
- 2 Samuel 2:26Abner shouted down to Joab, “Must we always be killing each other? Don’t you realize that bitterness is the only result? When will you call off your men from chasing their Israelite brothers?”
- 2 Chronicles 13:16The Israelite army fled from Judah, and God handed them over to Judah in defeat.
- 2 Chronicles 28:6In a single day Pekah son of Remaliah, Israel’s king, killed 120,000 of Judah’s troops, all of them experienced warriors, because they had abandoned 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
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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
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