2 Samuel 18:6

Contextual Overview

¹ And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. ¹ David now mustered the men who were with him and appointed generals and captains to lead them. ¹ And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. ¹ David counted his men and placed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. ¹ David assembled the army that was with him. He appointed leaders of thousands and leaders of hundreds. ¹ And David numbered the people that [were] with him, and set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds. ¹ David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. ¹David numbered the men who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and 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 Therfor Dauid, whanne the puple `was biholdun, ordeynede tribunes and centuriouns on hem.

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 a good leader plans good things to do, and that will make him a leader over other leaders.

Isaiah 32:8
But generous people plan to do what is generous, and they stand firm in their generosity.

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

Isaiah 32:8
But a good leader plans to do good, and those good things make him a good leader.

Isaiah 32:8
An honorable man makes honorable plans; his honorable character gives him security.

Isaiah 32:8
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

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

Isaiah 32:8
But the noble man conceives noble and magnificent things; And he stands by what is noble and magnificent.

Isaiah 32:8
But he who is noble plans noble things, and on noble things he stands.

Isaiah 32:8
Forsothe a prince schal thenke tho thingis that ben worthi to a prince, and he schal stonde ouer duykis.

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.