2 Samuel 18:7
What does 2 Samuel 18:7 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 18:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is great on that day--twenty thousand;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the people of Israel were defeated there by David's army, and a great slaughter was made that day of twenty thousand men.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the people of Israel were routed before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day: twenty thousand men.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 2:31
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
- 2 Chronicles 13:16
And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.
- 2 Samuel 2:17
And the battle was very sore that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
- Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:
- Proverbs 11:21
Thoughhandjoinin hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
- 2 Chronicles 28:6
For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men; because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
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