2 Samuel 18:7 meaning and explanation

There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.

2 Samuel 18:7, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse reports the outcome of the battle in the forest of Ephraim, where David's soldiers met the forces of Absalom, his son, who had seized the throne. The narrator records that the defeat was costly: twenty thousand men died.

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