2 Samuel 18:8
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.
Context
This verse from 2 Samuel Chapter 18 connects to 7 cross-references. David musters his forces under Joab, Abishai, and Ittai; he is dissuaded from joining the battle himself. The battle in the forest of Ephraim kills 20,000 of Absalom's men; Absalom's hair catches in a great oak and he hangs suspended. …
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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.
and the battle is there scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplieth to devour among the people more than those whom the sword hath devoured in 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.
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