Topic
Ephraim, Wood of
2 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- 2 Samuel 18:6Easton
¶ So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
- 2 Samuel 18:8Easton
For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
A forest in which a fatal battle was fought between the army of David and that of Absalom, who was killed there (2 Sam. 18:6, 8). It lay on the east of Jordan, not far from Mahanaim, and was some part of the great forest of Gilead.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
See EPHRAIM, FOREST OF.
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.