Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Then the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

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 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
So the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

into the field
שׂדי שׂדה 
Sadeh 
Usage: 333

קראה 
Qir'ah 
Usage: 99

ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

and the battle
מלחמה 
Milchamah 
Usage: 319

was in the wood
יער 
Ya`ar 
Usage: 58

References

Context Readings

Absalom Dies In Battle

5 The king ordered Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake. All the troops heard him give the commanders this order regarding Absalom. 6 Then the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim. 7 Battles were fought all over the forest. David's soldiers were winning. Twenty thousand soldiers were killed that day.

Cross References

Joshua 17:18

The mountain will be yours. For it is a wood, and you will cut it down. The farthest limits will be yours. You will drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they are strong.

Joshua 17:15

Joshua answered: If you are a great people, then get to the wood country, and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim is too narrow for you.

Judges 12:4-6

Jephthah brought all the men of Gilead together and fought the men of Ephraim and defeated them.

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