2 Samuel 18:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Where the people of Israel were defeated before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    There, the army of Israel was defeated by David's servants, and the casualties were heavy that day—twenty thousand men.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the people{H5971} of Israel{H3478} were smitten{H5062} there before{H6440} the servants{H5650} of David,{H1732} and there was a great{H1419} slaughter{H4046} there that day{H3117} of twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} men.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Where the people{H5971} of Israel{H3478} were slain{H5062}{(H8735)} before{H6440} the servants{H5650} of David{H1732}, and there was there a great{H1419} slaughter{H4046} that day{H3117} of twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} men.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the people of Israel were smitten there before Dauids seruauntes, so that there was a greate slaughter the same daye, of twentye thousande men.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Where the people of Israel were slaine before the seruants of Dauid: so there was a great slaughter that day, euen of twentie thousande.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Where the people of Israel were slaine before the seruauntes of Dauid: & there was a great slaughter that day, euen of twentie thousande men.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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].

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The people of Israel were struck there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is great on that day -- twenty thousand;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The people of Israel were struck there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men. The slaughter there was great that day– 20,000 soldiers were killed.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 2:17 : 17 And there was a very fierce battle that day; and Abner was defeated, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
  • 2 Sam 2:26 : 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long shall it be before you tell the people to return from pursuing their brothers?
  • 2 Sam 2:31 : 31 But the servants of David had struck Benjamin, and Abner's men, so that three hundred and sixty men died.
  • 2 Sam 15:6 : 6 And Absalom did this to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
  • 2 Sam 19:41-43 : 41 And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, Why have our brethren, the men of Judah, stolen you away and brought the king and his household, and all David's men with him, over the Jordan? 42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us; why then are you angry for this matter? Have we eaten at all of the king's expense? Or has he given us any gift? 43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than you; why then did you despise us, that our advice was not first in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
  • 2 Chr 13:16-17 : 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand. 17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
  • 2 Chr 28:6 : 6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
  • Prov 11:21 : 21 Though they join hands, the wicked shall not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous shall be delivered.
  • Prov 24:21 : 21 My son, fear the LORD and the king; do not associate with those given to change.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    8 For the battle was scattered over the face of all the country: and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

  • 2 Sam 18:6
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    6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim;

  • 1 Chr 18:4-5
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    4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers; David also hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved a hundred chariots of them.

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  • Judg 20:20-21
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    79%

    20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin, and the men of Israel set themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.

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  • 2 Sam 8:5
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    5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to aid Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.

  • 1 Sam 4:10
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    10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled every man to his tent, and there was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

  • Judg 20:25
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    25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

  • 2 Sam 2:17
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    17 And there was a very fierce battle that day; and Abner was defeated, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

  • 1 Chr 19:17-18
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    77%

    17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and crossed over Jordan, and came upon them and set the battle in array against them. So when David had set the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

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  • 2 Sam 10:18
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    18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck down Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
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    8 And there was war again; and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.

  • Judg 20:44-46
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    44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor.

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  • 1 Chr 20:8
    76%

    8 These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

  • Judg 20:34-35
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    76%

    12 Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

  • 2 Sam 8:13
    76%

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    75%

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  • 2 Chr 13:17
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  • Judg 20:2
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  • 1 Sam 14:20
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  • 1 Sam 4:2
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    31 But the servants of David had struck Benjamin, and Abner's men, so that three hundred and sixty men died.

  • 2 Sam 24:9
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    9 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand.

  • 1 Chr 21:5
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    5 And Joab gave the total of the people to David. And all Israel were a million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and Judah was four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew sword.

  • 2 Sam 24:15
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    15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men died from Dan to Beersheba.

  • 1 Chr 10:1
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    1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down slain in Mount Gilboa.

  • Judg 20:31
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    31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 28:6
    74%

    6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

  • 2 Sam 2:15
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    15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, belonging to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

  • 1 Chr 5:22
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  • Judg 20:10
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    7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men.