2Sa 18:6-8, 19:3, 1Ki 22:36, 2Ki 14:12 | TSK | STEP | wood of Ephraim.The wood of Ephraim was evidently beyond Jordan, and apparently not far from Mahanaim; and it is supposed to be the place where the Ephraimites were slain by Jephthah.

2 Samuel 18:6-8

wood of Ephraim.The wood of Ephraim was evidently beyond Jordan, and apparently not far from Mahanaim; and it is supposed to be the place where the Ephraimites were slain by Jephthah.

Jos 17:15,18; Jud 12:4-6

the people.

2:17; 15:6; 19:41-43

a great.

Pr 11:21; 24:21

twenty thousand men.

2:26,31; 2Ch 13:16,17; 28:6

in the wood.That is, probably, many more were slain in pursuit through the wood than in the battle, by falling into swamps, pits, etc., and being entangled and cut down by David's men. Such is the relation of Josephus; but the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic state, that they were devoured by wild beasts in the wood.

Ex 15:10; Jos 10:11; Jud 5:20,21; 1Ki 20:30; Ps 3:7; 43:1

devoured more. Heb. multiplied to devour.

2 Samuel 19:3

into the city.

32; 17:24

steal.

Ge 31:27

1 Kings 22:36

there went.

17,31; 12:16; 2Ki 14:12

Every man.

12:24; Jud 7:7,8; 21:24; 1Sa 4:10; 2Sa 19:8; 2Ki 14:12

2 Kings 14:12

was put to the worse. Heb. was smitten. they fled.

1Sa 4:10; 2Sa 18:17; 1Ki 22:36