Parallel Verses
Amplified
The men of Israel [who supported Absalom] were defeated there by the
New American Standard Bible
The people of Israel were
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
The people of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers, and the slaughter there was vast that day—20,000 casualties.
International Standard Version
where David's army of servants defeated the Israelis. Many died that day 20,000 men.
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.
Darby Translation
And the people of Israel were routed before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day: twenty thousand men.
Julia Smith Translation
And there the people of Israel will be struck before David's servants, and a great slaughter will be in that day of twenty thousand.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The army of Israel [was] defeated there before the servants of David, and the defeat there was great on that day: twenty thousand.
Modern King James verseion
And the people of Israel were killed there before the servants of David. And there was a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
where the people of Israel were put to the worse before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter that day, even of twenty thousand men.
NET Bible
The army of Israel was defeated there by David's men. The slaughter there was great that day -- 20,000 soldiers were killed.
New Heart English Bible
The people of Israel were struck there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
The Emphasized Bible
Then were the people of Israel defeated there, before he servants of David, - and the slaughter there was great, on that day - twenty thousand.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
The people of Israel were struck there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
Youngs Literal Translation
and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is great on that day -- twenty thousand;
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 18:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Absalom Dies In Battle
6
So the men went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.
7 The men of Israel [who supported Absalom] were defeated there by the
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:17
There was a very fierce battle that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.
2 Samuel 2:26
Then Abner called to Joab, “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long [will it be] before you tell the people to stop pursuing their brothers?”
2 Samuel 2:31
But the servants of David had struck down many of Benjamin and Abner’s men; so that three hundred and sixty men died.
2 Samuel 15:6
This is how Absalom dealt with everyone in Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 19:41-43
And all the men of Israel came to the king and said to him, “Why have our brothers (relatives), the men [from the tribe] of Judah, stolen you away and brought the king and his household and all David’s men with him over the Jordan [instead of waiting for us to arrive]?”
2 Chronicles 13:16-17
And the sons of Israel fled before Judah, and God handed over the sons of Israel to them.
2 Chronicles 28:6
For Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 in Judah in one day, all courageous men, because they had abandoned (turned away from) the Lord God of their fathers.
Proverbs 11:21
Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished,
But the descendants of the righteous will be freed.
Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear the Lord and the king;
And do not associate with those who are given to change [of allegiance, and are revolutionary],