Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
There the Israelite army was defeated by David's forces, and twenty thousand men were killed in a terrible battle that day.
This verse describes a devastating battle where David's army defeated the rebel forces of Israel, resulting in massive casualties.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the biblical account of Absalom's rebellion against his father, King David, during a civil war in ancient Israel. Absalom had seized the throne and gathered an army, forcing David and his loyal followers to flee and fight back in the forest of Ephraim. The battle resulted in a crushing defeat for Absalom's forces, with heavy casualties that underscored the brutal realities of internal conflict in that era.
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