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2 Samuel 18:6 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 18 · verse 6
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;2 Samuel 18:6 · King James Version
2 Samuel 18:6 in context
4And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
5And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
6So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
7Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
8For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- againstqirʼâhan encountering, accidental, friendly or hostileH7125 →
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- battlemilchâmâha battleH4421 →
- fieldsâdeha fieldH7704 →
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Which way David raised an army here, and what reinforcements were sent him, we are not told; many, it is likely, from all the coasts of Israel, at least from the neighbouring tribes, came in to his assistance, so that, by degrees, he was able to make head against Absalom, as Ahithophel foresaw. Now here we have, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8