Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

The people of Israel were defeated there before the servants of David, and the slaughter there that day was great, 20,000 men.

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 men of David, and a great slaughter took place there that day, 20,000 men.

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.

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;

Interlinear

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

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

נגף 
Nagaph 
Usage: 49

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

the servants
עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

of David
דּויד דּוד 
David 
Usage: 1074

גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

מגּפה 
Maggephah 
Usage: 26

יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

of twenty
עשׂרים 
`esriym 
Usage: 315

אלף 
'eleph 
Usage: 504

References

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Easton

Fausets

Fox

Hastings

Context Readings

Absalom Dies In Battle

6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim. 7 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. 8 For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.



Cross References

2 Samuel 2:17

The battle was very severe that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

2 Samuel 2:26

Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Don't you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?"

2 Samuel 2:31

But the servants of David had struck of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, [so that] three hundred sixty men died.

2 Samuel 15:6

Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 19:41-43

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 brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?"

2 Chronicles 13:16-17

The children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.

2 Chronicles 28:6

For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men; because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

Proverbs 11:21

Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don't join those who are rebellious:

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