Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
The army went out to the field to meet Israel, and the battle was [fought] in the forest of Ephraim.
New American Standard Bible
Then the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle took place in
King James Version
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
Holman Bible
Then David’s forces marched into the field to engage Israel in battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.
International Standard Version
David's army left for the battlefield to fight Absalom and his Israeli followers, and they also fought in the Ephraim forest,
A Conservative Version
So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
American Standard Version
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
Amplified
So the men went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.
Bible in Basic English
So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the fight took place in the woods of Ephraim.
Darby Translation
And the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
Julia Smith Translation
And the people will go forth to the field to the meeting of Israel: and the war will be in the forest of Ephraim;
King James 2000
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim;
Modern King James verseion
And the people went out into the field against Israel. And the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim:
NET Bible
Then the army marched out to the field to fight against Israel. The battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
New Heart English Bible
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
The Emphasized Bible
So the people went forth into the field against Israel, - and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
Webster
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
World English Bible
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the people goeth out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 18:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Absalom Dies In Battle
5 The king ordered Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, "With respect to the young man Absalom, [deal] gently for me." And all the troops heard when the king ordered all of the commanders concerning the matter of Absalom. 6 The army went out to the field to meet Israel, and the battle was [fought] in the forest of Ephraim. 7 The army of Israel [was] defeated there before the servants of David, and the defeat there was great on that day: twenty thousand.
Cross References
Joshua 17:18
[the] hill country will be yours. Even though it [is] a forest, you will clear it, and it will be yours [to] its farthest borders. You will drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and [are] strong."
Joshua 17:15
And Joshua said to them, "If you [are] many people, go up to the forest and clear [a place] there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is [too] narrow for you."
Judges 12:4-6
Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and he made war with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim because they said, "You [are] fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh."