2 Samuel 18:6

In 11 translations

BSB

So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel in the battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.

KJV

¶ So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

WEB

So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

ASV

So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

LSV

And the people go out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;

YLT

And the people goeth out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;

DBY

And the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

DRC

So the people went out into the field against Israel and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.

GNV

So the people went out into the fielde to meete Israel, and the battell was in the wood of Ephraim:

JPS

So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

LXXE

And all the people went out into the wood against Israel; and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim.

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WLC

וַיֵּצֵ֥א הָעָ֛ם הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה לִקְרַ֣את יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַתְּהִ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה בְּיַ֥עַר אֶפְרָֽיִם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐξῆλθε πᾶς ὁ λαὸς εἰς τὸν δρυμὸν ἐξεναντίας Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ πόλεμος ἐν τῷ δρυμῷ Ἐφραίμ.

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• Joshua 17:18because the hill country will be yours as well. It is a forest; clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours. Although the Canaanites have iron chariots and although they are strong, you can drive them out.”
• Joshua 17:15Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”
• Judges 12:4–6Jephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of…

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