2 Samuel 18:6
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So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.

Joshua 17:15,18 And Joshua said to them: If thou be a great people, go up into the woodland, and cut down room for thyself in the land of the Pherezite and the Raphaims: because the possession of mount Ephraim is too narrow for thee. . . .

Judges 12:4-6 Then calling to him all the men of Galaad, he fought against Ephraim: and the men of Galaad defeated Ephraim, because he had said: Galaad is a fugitive of Ephraim, and dwelleth in the midst of Ephraim and Manasses. . . .

Context
Absalom Killed
5And the king commanded Joab, and Abisai, and Ethai, saying: Save me the boy Absalom. And all the people heard the king giving charge to all the princes concerning Absalom. 6So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.7And the people of Israel were defeated there by David's army, and a great slaughter was made that day of twenty thousand men.…
Cross References
Joshua 17:15
And Joshua said to them: If thou be a great people, go up into the woodland, and cut down room for thyself in the land of the Pherezite and the Raphaims: because the possession of mount Ephraim is too narrow for thee.

Joshua 17:18
But thou shalt pass to the mountain, and shalt cut down the wood, and make thyself room to dwell in: and mayst proceed farther, when thou hast destroyed the Chanaanites, who as thou sayest have iron chariots, and are very strong.

2 Samuel 17:26
And Israel camped with Absalom in the land of Galaad.

2 Samuel 18:7
And the people of Israel were defeated there by David's army, and a great slaughter was made that day of twenty thousand men.

Lexicon
So David’s army
הָעָ֛ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

marched
וַיֵּצֵ֥א (way·yê·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

into the field
הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה (haś·śā·ḏeh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

to engage
לִקְרַ֣את (liq·raṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7125: Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way

Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

in the battle,
הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (ham·mil·ḥā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4421: A battle, war

which took place
וַתְּהִ֥י (wat·tə·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

in the forest
בְּיַ֥עַר (bə·ya·‘ar)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3293: A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb

of Ephraim.
אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ (’ep̄·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory


Additional Translations
So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel in the battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

And all the people went out into the wood against Israel; and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim.

And the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

And the people goeth out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;
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