2 Samuel 18:6

Contextual Overview

¹David mustered the men who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. ¹ David mustered the men who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. ¹Then David numbered the people who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. ¹ Then David numbered the people who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. ¹ And Dauid numbred the people that were with him, and set captaynes of thousandes and of hundredes ouer them. ¹ David counted his men and chose captains over 1000 and captains over 100 to lead them. ¹ And David mustered the people who were with him, and he set over them commanders of hundreds. ¹ Then David mustered the men who were with him, and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. ¹ David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. ¹ And Dauid numbred the people that were with him, and set captaines of thousands, and captaines of hundreds ouer them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wood of Ephraim: The wood of Ephraim was evidently beyond Jordan, and apparently not far from Mahanaim; and it is supposed to be the place where the Ephraimites were slain by Jephthah. Joshua 17:15, Joshua 17:18, Judges 12:4-6

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 19:8 - for Israel 2 Samuel 22:44 - delivered

Cross-References

Isaiah 32:8
But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands.

Isaiah 32:8
But the noble make noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand.

Isaiah 32:8
But the noble man counsels noble plans;And by noble plans he rises up.

Isaiah 32:8
But the noble man devises noble plans; And by noble plans he stands.

Isaiah 32:8
But the liberall person imagineth honest thynges, and commeth vp for liberalitie vnto promotion.

Isaiah 32:8
But the noble deviseth noble things; and to noble things doth he stand.

Isaiah 32:8
But a generous man devises generous things, And by generosity he shall stand.

Isaiah 32:8
But the noble one devises noble things; and he shall rise by noble things.

Isaiah 32:8
But a good leader plans good things to do, and that will make him a leader over other leaders.

Isaiah 32:8
But the noble devises noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So the people went out into the field against Israel,.... Josephus e calls it a great field, with a wood behind it:

and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; or near it f rather; not in a wood in the tribe of Ephraim, which lay on this side Jordan; whereas this battle was fought on the other side Jordan, in the land of Gilead, not far from Mahanaim, where was this wood; and which was so called, either from the slaughter of the Ephraimites here in the times of Jephthah, Judges 12:4; or from the Ephraimites feeding their cattle here and near it; for the Jews say g, that Joshua gave them a grant to feed their cattle in any wood in any of the tribes of Israel; and lying near Jordan, they used to drive their cattle over to this place, from whence it had its name.

e Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 10.) sect. 2. f ביער "ad sylvam", Junius Tremellius "prope sylvam", Piscator. g In Jarchi, Kimchi, & Abarbinel, in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Against Israel - Implying that the revolt was in a great measure that of the ten tribes, Saul’s party, against the kingdom.

The wood of Ephraim - This would naturally be sought in the west of Jordan (marginal reference). But on the other hand it seems certain that the scene of this battle was on the east of Jordan. It seems therefore inevitable to conclude that some portion of the thick wood of oaks and terebinths which still runs down to the Jordan on the east side was for some reason called “the wood of Ephraim,” either because it was a continuation on the east side of the great Ephraimitic forests on the west, or because of some transaction there in which Ephraim had taken part, such as the slaughter of the Midianites Judges 7:24-25, or their own slaughter Judges 12:6.