Verse 6

So the people{H5971} went out{H3318} into the field{H7704} against{H7125} Israel:{H3478} and the battle{H4421} was in the forest{H3293} of Ephraim.{H669}

Referenced Verses

• Josh 17:18 : 18 but the hill-country{H2022} shall be thine; for though it is a forest,{H3293} thou shalt cut it down,{H1254} and the goings{H8444} out thereof shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out{H3423} the Canaanites,{H3669} though they have chariots{H7393} of iron,{H1270} and though they are strong.{H2389}
• Josh 17:15 : 15 And Joshua{H3091} said{H559} unto them, If thou be a great{H7227} people,{H5971} get thee up{H5927} to the forest,{H3293} and cut down{H1254} for thyself there in the land{H776} of the Perizzites{H6522} and of the Rephaim;{H7497} since the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim{H669} is too narrow{H213} for thee.
• Judg 12:4-6 : 4 Then Jephthah{H3316} gathered together{H6908} all the men{H582} of Gilead,{H1568} and fought{H3898} with Ephraim;{H669} and the men{H582} of Gilead{H1568} smote{H5221} Ephraim,{H669} because they said,{H559} Ye are fugitives{H6412} of Ephraim,{H669} ye Gileadites,{H1568} in the midst{H8432} of Ephraim,{H669} [and] in the midst{H8432} of Manasseh.{H4519} 5 And the Gileadites{H1568} took{H3920} the fords{H4569} of the Jordan{H3383} against the Ephraimites.{H669} And it was so, that, when [any of] the fugitives{H6412} of Ephraim{H669} said,{H559} Let me go over,{H5674} the men{H582} of Gilead{H1568} said{H559} unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite?{H673} If he said,{H559} Nay; 6 then said{H559} they unto him, Say{H559} now Shibboleth;{H7641} and he said{H559} Sibboleth;{H5451} for he could not frame{H3559} to pronounce{H1696} it right:{H3559} then they laid{H270} hold on him, and slew{H7819} him at the fords{H4569} of the Jordan.{H3383} And there fell{H5307} at that time{H6256} of Ephraim{H669} forty{H705} and two{H8147} thousand.{H505}