Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And the people went out into the field against Israel. And the battle was 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;
Lexham Expanded Bible
The army went out to the field to meet Israel, and the battle was [fought] 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
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 18:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Absalom Dies In Battle
5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, For my sake be gentle with the young man, with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the commanders charge concerning Absalom. 6 And the people went out into the field against Israel. And the battle was in the forest of Ephraim. 7 And the people of Israel were killed there before the servants of David. And there was a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand.
Cross References
Joshua 17:18
But the mountain shall be yours, for it is a forest, and you shall cut it down. And the outer limits of it shall be yours. For you shall drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and though they are strong.
Joshua 17:15
And Joshua answered them, If you are a great people, and if mount Ephraim is too narrow for you, get up to the forest and cut down more for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants.
Judges 12:4-6
And Jephthah called up all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and among the Manassites.