2 Samuel 18:7 There Israel's troops were routed by David's men, and the casualties that day were great--twenty thousand men.

◄ 2 Samuel 18:7 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
There Israel's troops were routed by David's men, and the casualties that day were great--twenty thousand men.

English Standard Version
And the men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the loss there was great on that day, twenty thousand men.

New American Standard Bible
The people of Israel were defeated there before the servants of David, and the slaughter there that day was great, 20,000 men.

King James Bible
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 Christian Standard 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.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people of Israel were defeated there by David's army, and a great slaughter was made that day of twenty thousand men.

Darby Bible 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.

Young's 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;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

18:1-8 How does David render good for evil! Absalom would have only David smitten; David would have only Absalom spared. This seems to be a resemblance of man's wickedness towards God, and God's mercy to man, of which it is hard to say which is most amazing. Now the Israelites see what it is to take counsel against the Lord and his anointed.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

7. the people of Israel were slain—This designation, together with the immense slaughter mentioned later, shows the large extent to which the people were enlisted in this unhappy civil contest.