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2 Samuel 18:6

Listen to 2 Samuel 18:6
6 El ejército marchó al campo para pelear contra Israel, y la batalla se libró en el bosque de Efraín.

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.


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.
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2 Samuel 18:6 In-Context

4 —Bien —dijo el rey—, haré lo que les parezca más conveniente.Dicho esto, se puso a un lado de la entrada de la ciudad, mientras todos los soldados marchaban en grupos de cien y de mil.
5 Además, el rey dio esta orden a Joab, Abisay e Itay:—No me traten duro al joven Absalón.Y todas las tropas oyeron las instrucciones que el rey le dio a cada uno de sus generales acerca de Absalón.
6 El ejército marchó al campo para pelear contra Israel, y la batalla se libró en el bosque de Efraín.
7 La lucha fue intensa aquel día: hubo veinte mil bajas. Sin embargo, los soldados de David derrotaron allí al ejército de Israel.
8 La batalla se extendió por toda el área, de modo que el bosque causó más muertes que la espada misma.

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