2Sa 18:7-8 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 7. Twenty thousand men. ] Whether these were slain on the field of battle, or whether they were reckoned with those slain in the wood of Ephraim, we know not.

‏ 2 Samuel 18:7-8

Verse 7. Twenty thousand men.] Whether these were slain on the field of battle, or whether they were reckoned with those slain in the wood of Ephraim, we know not.

Verse 8. The wood devoured more people] It is generally supposed that, when the army was broken, they betook themselves to the wood, fell into pits, swamps, &c., and, being entangled, were hewn down by David's men; but the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, state that they were devoured by wild beasts in the wood.