2 Samuel 18:7

In 11 translations

BSB

There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.

KJV

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.

WEB

The people of Israel were struck there before David’s servants, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.

ASV

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.

LSV

and the people of Israel are struck there before the servants of David, and the striking there is great on that day—twenty thousand;

YLT

and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is great on that day — twenty thousand;

DBY

And the people of Israel were routed before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day: twenty thousand men.

DRC

And the people of Israel were defeated there by David’s army, and a great slaughter was made that day of twenty thousand men.

GNV

Where the people of Israel were slaine before the seruants of Dauid: so there was a great slaughter that day, euen of twentie thousande.

JPS

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.

LXXE

And the people of Israel fell down there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter in that day, even twenty thousand men.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיִּנָּ֤גְפוּ שָׁם֙ עַ֣ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִפְנֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֣י דָוִ֑ד וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֞ם הַמַּגֵּפָ֧ה גְדוֹלָ֛ה בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא עֶשְׂרִ֥ים אָֽלֶף׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἔπταισεν ἐκεῖ ὁ λαὸς Ἰσραὴλ ἐνώπιον τῶν παίδων Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ θραῦσις μεγάλη ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, εἴκοσι χιλιάδες ἀνδρῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
• 2 Samuel 19:41–43Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?” And all…
• 2 Chronicles 13:16–17So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands. Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
• 2 Samuel 2:31but they had struck down 360 Benjamites who were with Abner.
• Proverbs 11:21Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
• 2 Samuel 15:6Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
• 2 Samuel 2:26Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
• 2 Chronicles 28:6For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
• 2 Samuel 2:17The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.

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