2 Samuel 18:6

6 O exército saiu a campo para enfrentar Israel, e a batalha aconteceu na floresta de Efraim,

2 Samuel 18:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:6

So the people went out into the field against Israel
Josephus ^F5 calls it a great field, with a wood behind it:

and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
or near it ^F6 rather; not in a wood in the tribe of Ephraim, which lay on this side Jordan; whereas this battle was fought on the other side Jordan, in the land of Gilead, not far from Mahanaim, where was this wood; and which was so called, either from the slaughter of the Ephraimites here in the times of Jephthah, ( Judges 12:4-6 ) ; or from the Ephraimites feeding their cattle here and near it; for the Jews say ^F7, that Joshua gave them a grant to feed their cattle in any wood in any of the tribes of Israel; and lying near Jordan, they used to drive their cattle over to this place, from whence it had its name.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 10.) sect. 2.
F6 (reyb) "ad sylvam", Junius & Tremellius; "prope sylvam", Piscator.
F7 In Jarchi, Kimchi, & Abarbinel, in loc.

2 Samuel 18:6 In-Context

4 O rei respondeu: “Farei o que acharem melhor”.E o rei ficou junto à porta, enquanto os soldados marchavam, saindo em unidades de cem e de mil.

5 O rei ordenou a Joabe, a Abisai e a Itai: “Por amor a mim, tratem bem o jovem Absalão!” E todo o exército ouviu quando o rei deu essa ordem sobre Absalão a cada um dos comandantes.

6 O exército saiu a campo para enfrentar Israel, e a batalha aconteceu na floresta de Efraim,

7 onde o exército de Israel foi derrotado pelos soldados de Davi. Houve grande matança naquele dia, elevando-se o número de mortos a vinte mil.

8 A batalha espalhou-se por toda a região e, naquele dia, a floresta matou mais que a espada.