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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Sa 18:8 — 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.
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the wood
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That is, probably, many more were slain in pursuit through the wood than in the battle, by falling into swamps, pits, etc., and being entangled and cut down by David's men. Such is the relation of Josephus; but the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic state, that they were devoured by wild beasts in the wood. Exd 15:10; Jos 10:11; Jdg 5:20,21; 1Ki 20:30; Psa 3:7; Psa 43:1 |
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devoured more
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Heb. multiplied to devour. |
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Exd 15:10 |
Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. |
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Jos 10:11 |
And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, [and] were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: [they were] more which died with hailstones than [they] whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. |
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Jdg 5:20 |
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. |
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Jdg 5:21 |
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. |
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1Ki 20:30 |
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and [there] a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men [that were] left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. |
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Psa 3:7 |
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies [upon] the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. |
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Psa 43:1 |
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 18:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Sa/18/8.html>.
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