Translations
Modern
The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
Traditional
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.
Literal
For the battle there was scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplied to devour the people more than the sword devoured that day.
Latin
Fuit autem ibi prælium dispersum super faciem omnis terræ, et multo plures erant quos saltus consumpserat de populo, quam hi quos voraverat gladius in die illa.
Original
Hebrew
English
The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
Notes
the forest devoured more people: The land in the forest (its rough ground and thick growth) removed the numerical advantage of Absalom’s army.
Events
Glossary
Abishai Absalom David Ephraim, Tribe of Gilead (Place) Joab Kings, Books of First and Second Nathan Palestine Samuel, Books of First and Second
Topics
Ephraim: A Forest East of the Jordan River: Absalom Killed In Forests: Ephraim