Verse 6

So the people{H5971} went out{H3318}{(H8799)} into the field{H7704} against{H7125}{(H8800)} Israel{H3478}: and the battle{H4421} was in the wood{H3293} of Ephraim{H669};

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 17:18 : 18 But the mountain{H2022} shall be thine; for it is a wood{H3293}, and thou shalt cut it down{H1254}{(H8765)}: and the outgoings{H8444} of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out{H3423}{(H8686)} the Canaanites{H3669}, though they have iron{H1270} chariots{H7393}, and though they be strong{H2389}.
  • Josh 17:15 : 15 And Joshua{H3091} answered{H559}{(H8799)} them, If thou be a great{H7227} people{H5971}, then get thee up{H5927}{(H8798)} to the wood{H3293} country, and cut down{H1254}{(H8765)} for thyself there in the land{H776} of the Perizzites{H6522} and of the giants{H7497}, if mount{H2022} Ephraim{H669} be too narrow{H213}{(H8804)} for thee.
  • Judg 12:4-6 : 4 Then Jephthah{H3316} gathered together{H6908}{(H8799)} all the men{H582} of Gilead{H1568}, and fought{H3898}{(H8735)} with Ephraim{H669}: and the men{H582} of Gilead{H1568} smote{H5221}{(H8686)} Ephraim{H669}, because they said{H559}{(H8804)}, Ye Gileadites{H1568} are fugitives{H6412} of Ephraim{H669} among{H8432} the Ephraimites{H669}, and among{H8432} the Manassites{H4519}. 5 And the Gileadites{H1568} took{H3920}{(H8799)} the passages{H4569} of Jordan{H3383} before the Ephraimites{H669}: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites{H669} which were escaped{H6412} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Let me go over{H5674}{(H8799)}; that the men{H582} of Gilead{H1568} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite{H673}? If he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Nay; 6 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} they unto him, Say{H559}{(H8798)} now Shibboleth{H7641}: and he said{H559}{(H8799)} Sibboleth{H5451}: for he could not frame{H3559} to pronounce{H1696}{(H8763)} it right{H3559}{(H8686)}. Then they took{H270}{(H8799)} him, and slew{H7819}{(H8799)} him at the passages{H4569} of Jordan{H3383}: and there fell{H5307}{(H8799)} at that time{H6256} of the Ephraimites{H669} forty{H705} and two{H8147} thousand{H505}.