NET Bible
"The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day."
— 2 Samuel 18:8, NET Bible
“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.”
“For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. ”
“For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.”
“And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the country, and there were many more of the people whom the forest consumed, than whom the sword devoured that day.”
“And the fighting went on over all the face of the country: and the woods were responsible for more deaths than the sword.”
“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.”
The king gave this order to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai:“For my sake deal gently with the young man Absalom.” Now the entire army was listening when the king gave all the leaders this order concerning Absalom.
Then the army marched out to the field to fight against Israel. The battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men. The slaughter there was great that day– 20,000 soldiers were killed.
The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.
Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his mule, it went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, while the mule he had been riding kept going.
When one of the men saw this, he reported it to Joab saying,“I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.”
Joab replied to the man who was telling him this,“What! You saw this? Why didn’t you strike him down right on the spot? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a commemorative belt!”