Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
The people of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers, and the slaughter there was vast that day—20,000 casualties.
New American Standard Bible
The people of Israel were
King James Version
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.
International Standard Version
where David's army of servants defeated the Israelis. Many died that day 20,000 men.
A Conservative 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.
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.
Amplified
The men of Israel [who supported Absalom] were defeated there by the
Bible in Basic English
And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.
Darby Translation
And the people of Israel were routed before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day: twenty thousand men.
Julia Smith Translation
And there the people of Israel will be struck before David's servants, and a great slaughter will be in that day of twenty thousand.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The army of Israel [was] defeated there before the servants of David, and the defeat there was great on that day: twenty thousand.
Modern King James verseion
And the people of Israel were killed there before the servants of David. And there was a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
where the people of Israel were put to the worse before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter that day, even of 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 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.
The Emphasized Bible
Then were the people of Israel defeated there, before he servants of David, - and the slaughter there was great, on that day - twenty thousand.
Webster
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 the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
Youngs 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;
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 18:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Absalom Dies In Battle
6 Then David’s forces marched into the field to engage Israel in battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim. 7 The people of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers, and the slaughter there was vast that day—20,000 casualties. 8 The battle spread over the entire region, and that day the forest claimed more people than the sword.
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:17
The battle that day was extremely fierce, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers.
2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
2 Samuel 2:31
but they had killed 360 of the Benjaminites and Abner’s men.
2 Samuel 15:6
Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for a settlement. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 19:41-43
Suddenly, all the men of Israel came to the king. They asked him, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and transport the king and his household across the Jordan, along with all of David’s men?”
2 Chronicles 13:16-17
So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God handed them over to them.
2 Chronicles 28:6
Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 in Judah in one day—all brave men—because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors.
Proverbs 11:21
will not go unpunished,
but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
Proverbs 24:21
and don’t associate with rebels,