2 Samuel 18:6
“So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;”
And 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.
And 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.
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
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.
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.
Related Verses
“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.”
“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.”
“So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.”
“The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.”
“And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.”