What does 2 Samuel 18:7 mean?
ESV: 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.
NIV: There Israel’s troops were routed by David’s men, and the casualties that day were great—twenty thousand men.
NASB: The people of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the slaughter there that day was great, twenty thousand men.
CSB: Israel’s army was defeated by David’s soldiers, and the slaughter there was vast that day—twenty thousand dead.
NLT: and the Israelite troops were beaten back by David’s men. There was a great slaughter that day, and 20,000 men laid down their lives.
KJV: 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.
NKJV: The people of Israel were overthrown there before the servants of David, and a great slaughter of twenty thousand took place there that day.
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Second Samuel continues the story of David, who will become king over Judah. The other tribes of Israel are resistant, eventually sparking a civil war. David wins and makes Jerusalem his capital. Early success is followed by moral failure and controversy in David's house. The book of 1 Kings will begin by detailing David's decline and death.
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