2 Samuel 18:7
New International Version
There Israel’s troops were routed by David’s men, and the casualties that day were great—twenty thousand men.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
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.

Berean Standard Bible
There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.

King James Bible
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 King James Version
The people of Israel were overthrown there before the servants of David, and a great slaughter of twenty thousand took place there that day.

New American Standard Bible
The people of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the slaughter there that day was great, twenty thousand men.

NASB 1995
The people of Israel were defeated there before the servants of David, and the slaughter there that day was great, 20,000 men.

NASB 1977
And the people of Israel were defeated there before the servants of David, and the slaughter there that day was great, 20,000 men.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the people of Israel were defeated there before the servants of David, and the slaughter there that day was great, 20,000 men.

Amplified Bible
The men of Israel [who supported Absalom] were defeated there by the men of David, and a great slaughter took place there that day, 20,000 men.

Christian Standard Bible
Israel’s army was defeated by David’s soldiers, and the slaughter there was vast that day—twenty thousand dead.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The people of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers, and the slaughter there was vast that day—20,000 casualties.

American Standard Version
And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the people of Israel was battling before the Servants of David, and there was a great slaughter of twenty thousand

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the people of Israel fell down there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter in that day, even twenty thousand men.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people of Israel were defeated there by David's army, and a great slaughter was made that day of twenty thousand men.

English Revised Version
And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
There David's men defeated Israel's army, and the massacre was sizable that day-20,000 men.

Good News Translation
The Israelites were defeated by David's men; it was a terrible defeat, with twenty thousand men killed that day.

International Standard Version
where David's army of servants defeated the Israelis. Many died that day—20,000 men.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.

Literal Standard Version
and the people of Israel are struck there before the servants of David, and the striking there is great on that day—twenty thousand;

Majority Standard Bible
There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.

New American Bible
The forces of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the casualties there that day were heavy—twenty thousand men.

NET Bible
The army of Israel was defeated there by David's men. The slaughter there was great that day--20,000 soldiers were killed.

New Revised Standard Version
The men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the slaughter there was great on that day, twenty thousand men.

New Heart English Bible
The people of Israel were struck there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
The people of Israel were struck there before David’s servants, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.

Young's Literal Translation
and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is great on that day -- twenty thousand;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Absalom Killed
6So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel in the battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim. 7There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day— twenty thousand men. 8The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 18:6
So David's army marched into the field to engage Israel in the battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.

2 Samuel 18:8
The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.

Psalm 144:10
to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

the people

2 Samuel 2:17
And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

2 Samuel 15:6
And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 19:41-43
And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan? …

a great

Proverbs 11:21
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

twenty thousand

2 Samuel 2:26,31
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? …

2 Chronicles 13:16,17
And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand…

2 Chronicles 28:6
For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

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2 Samuel 18
1. David viewing the armies in their march gives them charge of Absalom
6. The Israelites are sorely smitten in the wood of ephraim
9. Absalom, hanging in an oak is slain by Joab, and cast into a pit
18. Absalom's place
19. Ahimaaz and Cushi bring tidings to David
33. David mourns for Absalom














(7) Twenty Thousand.--This number seems large, but we really know nothing of the size of the forces engaged on either side; and if the phrase "that day" be taken, as often, with sufficient latitude to include the whole campaign of which this battle was the culmination, there is nothing surprising in the destruction of 20,000 men. Of the human causes of the victory nothing is told. We may assume that the advantage of thorough military organisation and generalship was on David's side; but, in addition to this, was the vast power of the right, the prestige of law and authority.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
There
שָׁם֙ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

the people
עַ֣ם (‘am)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

were defeated
וַיִּנָּ֤גְפוּ (way·yin·nā·ḡə·p̄ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5062: To push, gore, defeat, stub, inflict

by
לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

David’s
דָוִ֑ד (ḏā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

servants,
עַבְדֵ֣י (‘aḇ·ḏê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

and the slaughter
הַמַּגֵּפָ֧ה (ham·mag·gê·p̄āh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4046: A blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence

was
וַתְּהִי־ (wat·tə·hî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

great
גְדוֹלָ֛ה (ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

that
הַה֖וּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

day—
בַּיּ֥וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

twenty
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים (‘eś·rîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth

thousand [men].
אָֽלֶף׃ (’ā·lep̄)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 505: A thousand


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