King James Version with Apocrypha
"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 with Apocrypha
“So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;”
“So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim. ”
“So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.”
“Then the army marched out to the field to fight against Israel. The battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.”
“So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.”
“So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the fight took place in the woods of Ephraim.”
But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.
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.
And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.