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Then the army went out to fight against Israel, and the battle was fought in the wooded areas of Ephraim. David’s forces won a great victory against Absalom’s men, and 20,000 men were killed in the battle that day. The battle spread all across the landscape, and more of his opponents were lost to the forest than to the sword.

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David’s army marched out of the city to fight Israel, and the battle took place in the forest(A) of Ephraim. There Israel’s troops were routed by David’s men, and the casualties that day were great—twenty thousand men. The battle spread out over the whole countryside, and the forest swallowed up more men that day than the sword.

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