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2 Samuel 18:6

So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

KJV

Itaque egressus est populus in campum contra Israël, et factum est prælium in saltu Ephraim.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐξῆλθεν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς εἰς τὸν δρυμὸν ἐξ ἐναντίας Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ πόλεμος ἐν τῷ δρυμῷ Ἐφράιμ.

LXX

So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

ASV

וַ/יֵּצֵ֥א הָ/עָ֛ם הַ/שָּׂדֶ֖ה לִ/קְרַ֣את יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ/תְּהִ֥י הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֖ה בְּ/יַ֥עַר אֶפְרָֽיִם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Ephraim

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶפְרַ֔יִם
'prym
proper_noun · 179×
וֹ
v
verb · 100×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַ֥עַר
y'r
noun · 58×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Josh 17:15 — And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narro
  • Josh 17:18 — But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and thou
  • Judg 12:4 — Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, an