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Then the people went out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle took place in (A)the forest of Ephraim. And the people of Israel were [a]defeated there before the servants of David, and the slaughter there that day was great, 20,000 men. And the battle there was scattered over the whole countryside, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

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  1. 2 Samuel 18:7 Lit smitten