Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 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 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. 8 For the battle was scattered there over the face of all the country. And the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:17
And there was a very grievous battle that day. And Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.
2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called to Joab and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long shall it be then before you command the people to return from chasing their brothers?
2 Samuel 2:31
But the servants of David had stricken three hundred and sixty men of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, who died.
2 Samuel 15:6
And in this way Absalom did to all Israel that came to the king for judgment. And Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 19:41-43
And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and have brought the king and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?
2 Chronicles 13:16-17
And the sons of Israel fled before Judah. And God delivered them into their hand.
2 Chronicles 28:6
And Pekah the son of Remaliah killed a hundred and twenty thousand in Judah in one day, all mighty men, because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
Proverbs 11:21
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear Jehovah and the king; and do not fellowship with those who are given to change;