Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Holman Bible
The people of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers, and the slaughter there was vast that day—20,000 casualties.
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.
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 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. 8 The battle there was spreading over the surface of all the land, and {the forest devoured more among the army than} the sword [did] on that day.
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:17
Then the battle {became increasingly fierce} on that day, and Abner and the men of Israel [were] defeated before the servants of David.
2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called to Joab and said, "Will [the] sword devour forever? Do you not know that [there] will be bitterness in the end? {How long} will you not tell the people to turn {away from pursuing} their brothers?"
2 Samuel 2:31
The servants of David had killed some of the Benjaminites among the men of Abner; three hundred and sixty men had died.
2 Samuel 15:6
Absalom did like this to all of Israel who came to the king for judgment; so Absalom stole the hearts of the people of Israel.
2 Samuel 19:41-43
Suddenly, all the men of Israel [were] coming to the king. They said to the king, "Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen away and brought the king and his household over the Jordan, with all the men of David?"
2 Chronicles 13:16-17
And the {Israelites} fled from before Judah, and God gave them into their hand.
2 Chronicles 28:6
And Pekah, the son of Remaliah, killed in one day one hundred and twenty thousand in Judah, all men of strength, because they forsook Yahweh the God of their ancestors.
Proverbs 11:21
{Rest assured}, the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
Proverbs 24:21
Fear Yahweh, my son, and the king; with those who change, do not associate.