2 Samuel 18:8 - Printer Friendly

ESV: The battle spread over the face of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword.

NIV: The battle spread out over the whole countryside, and the forest swallowed up more men that day than the sword.

NASB: For the battle there was spread over the whole countryside, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

CSB: The battle spread over the entire area, and that day the forest claimed more people than the sword.

NLT: The battle raged all across the countryside, and more men died because of the forest than were killed by the sword.

KJV: 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.

NKJV: For the battle there was scattered over the face of the whole countryside, and the woods devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

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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