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2 Samuel 18:8

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Samuel 18:8

Verse 8 of 33

Scripture focus

For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

2 Samuel 18:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 18:8

Theological / Devotional

Over the face of all the country. These words give a vivid picture of the fluid nature of the battle. It was spread over a vast area, with men running in all directions, becoming lost in the woods, separated from one another, and entangled in the brush.

Devoured more people. The rocky thickets and dense vegetation of the wild terrain, intricate thorn groves interspersed with swamps and stretches of gravel and sand, provided a battlefield that was evidently more deadly to the hosts of Absalom than to the seasoned veterans of David.

By SdaBc