Verse Lens · Context pointer
2 Samuel 18:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
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Role in This Section
2 Samuel 18:7 contributes this particular line to the movement: “Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great…”.
Read It With
- 2 Samuel 18:6–8
Read 2 Samuel 18:7 with 18:6–8. 2 Samuel 18:7 advances “The Forest Battle Devours Israel” through the concrete textual step “Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: David's servants defeat Israel in Ephraim's forest, where the narrator says the terrain consumes more than the sword.
Why It Needs Context
2 Samuel 18:7 depends on 18:6–8; isolating “Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, or transition from “The Forest Battle Devours Israel.”
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 2 Samuel 18:6–8 — The Forest Battle Devours IsraelSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 2 Samuel 18:6-8, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Samuel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, repeated verbs, names, syntax, and the base text behind translation and textual discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Sam.xml, 18:6-8
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