2 Samuel 18:8

Absalom Killed

7There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.8The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.

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Berean Standard Bible
The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
American Standard Version (1901)
For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
Bible in Basic English
And the fighting went on over all the face of the country: and the woods were responsible for more deaths than the sword.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the country, and there were many more of the people whom the forest consumed, than whom the sword devoured that day.
Free Bible Version
The battle covered the whole countryside, and that day more died because of the forest than were killed by the sword.
Geneva Bible 1599
For the battel was skattered ouer all the countrey: and the wood deuoured much more people that day, then did the sworde.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
Translation for Translators
The battle was fought {They fought the battle} all over that area, and the number of men who died because of dangerous things in the forest [PRS] was greater than the number of men who were killed ◄in the battle/by swords►.
Unlocked Literal Bible
The battle spread throughout the whole countryside, and more men were consumed by the forest than by the sword.
Noah Webster Bible
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.
World English Bible
For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
Young's Literal Translation
and the battle is there scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplieth to devour among the people more than those whom the sword hath devoured in that day.