2 Samuel 18:8
The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.
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- Exod 15:10 : 10 But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
- Josh 10:11 : 11 As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from Beth Horon, the LORD threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, all the way to Azekah. They died– in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.
- Judg 5:20-21 : 20 From the sky the stars fought, from their paths in the heavens they fought against Sisera. 21 The Kishon River carried them off; the river confronted them– the Kishon River. Step on the necks of the strong!
- 1 Kgs 20:30 : 30 The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room.
- Ps 3:7 : 7 Rise up, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked.
- Ps 43:1 : 1 Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!
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- 2 Sam 18:5-73 verses83%
5 The king gave this order to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai:“For my sake deal gently with the young man Absalom.” Now the entire army was listening when the king gave all the leaders this order concerning Absalom.
6 Then the army marched out to the field to fight against Israel. The battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
7 The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men. The slaughter there was great that day– 20,000 soldiers were killed.
- 2 Sam 18:9-102 verses79%
9 Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his mule, it went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, while the mule he had been riding kept going.
10 When one of the men saw this, he reported it to Joab saying,“I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.”
- 2 Sam 18:14-152 verses75%
14 Joab replied,“I will not wait around like this for you!” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the middle of Absalom while he was still alive in the middle of the oak tree.
15 Then ten soldiers who were Joab’s armor bearers struck Absalom and finished him off.
- 2 Sam 2:16-172 verses74%
16 As they grappled with one another, each one stabbed his opponent with his sword and they fell dead together. So that place is called the Field of Flints; it is in Gibeon.
17 Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David’s soldiers.
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9 At this very moment he is hiding out in one of the caves or in some other similar place. If it should turn out that he attacks our troops first, whoever hears about it will say,‘Absalom’s army has been slaughtered!’
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17 They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and stacked a huge pile of stones over him. In the meantime all the Israelite soldiers fled to their homes.
- 2 Sam 19:8-92 verses73%
8 So the king got up and sat at the city gate. When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the city gate, they all came before him.David Goes Back to JerusalemBut the Israelite soldiers had all fled to their own homes.
9 All the people throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves saying,“The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies. He rescued us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.
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8 Now once again there was war. So David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them thoroughly and they ran away from him.
- 2 Sam 19:2-32 verses72%
2 So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day,“The king is grieved over his son.”
3 That day the people stole away to go to the city the way people who are embarrassed steal away in fleeing from battle.
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20 Saul and all the army that was with him assembled and marched into battle, where they found the Philistines in total panic killing one another with their swords.
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18 The splendor of his forest and his orchard will be completely destroyed, as when a sick man’s life ebbs away.
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25 The Benjaminites again attacked them from Gibeah and struck down eighteen thousand sword-wielding Israelite soldiers.
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12 Abishai son of Zeruiah killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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9 When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish.
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24 Meanwhile David had gone to Mahanaim, while Absalom and all the men of Israel had crossed the Jordan River.
- 1 Sam 14:30-312 verses70%
30 Certainly if the army had eaten some of the enemies’ provisions that they came across today, would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been even greater?”
31 On that day the army struck down the Philistines from Micmash to Aijalon, and they became very tired.
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14 In this initial skirmish Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty men in an area that measured half an acre.
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25 Now the whole army entered the forest and there was honey on the ground.
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30 While they were still on their way, the following report reached David:“Absalom has killed all the king’s sons; not one of them is left!”
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22 So on the day of the battle no sword or spear was to be found in the hand of anyone in the army that was with Saul and Jonathan. No one but Saul and his son Jonathan had them.
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4 David inquired,“How were things going? Tell me!” He replied,“The people fled from the battle and many of them fell dead. Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead!”
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8 When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them.
- 2 Sam 15:13-142 verses69%
13 David Flees from Jerusalem Then a messenger came to David and reported,“The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!”
14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem,“Come on! Let’s escape! Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.”
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22 Because God fought for them, they killed many of the enemy. They dispossessed the Hagrites and lived in their land until the exile.
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13 The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it.
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8 They removed the defenses of Judah. At that time you looked for the weapons in the House of the Forest.
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13 If he regroups in a city, all Israel will take up ropes to that city and drag it down to the valley, so that not a single pebble will be left there!”
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18 The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 700 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach, the general in command of the army, who died there.
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15 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, then attack. For at that moment GOD is going before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”
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26 The army of Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
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23 So the LORD delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven.
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10 he stood his ground and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it seemed stuck to his sword. The LORD gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses.
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3 He removed the city’s residents and made them labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. This was his policy with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
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4 David seized from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but a hundred of Hadadezer’s chariot horses.
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10 So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers from Israel fell in battle.
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34 In the meantime Absalom fled. When the servant who was the watchman looked up, he saw many people coming from the west on a road beside the hill.
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1 Saul’s Death Now the Philistines fought against Israel. The Israelites fled before the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.
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30 So he said to his servants,“Look, Joab has a portion of field adjacent to mine and he has some barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set Joab’s portion of the field on fire.
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2 When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king
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48 He and all his men went up on Mount Zalmon. He took an ax in his hand and cut off a tree branch. He put it on his shoulder and said to his men,“Quickly, do what you have just seen me do!”
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8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa.