Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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2 Samuel 18:8
The battle was scattered - Probably Absalom' s forces were far more numerous than David' s; but, most likely by Joab' s skillful generalship, the field of battle was such that numbers did not tell, and David' s veteran troops were able to destroy Absalom' s rabble in detail. The wood entangled them, and was perhaps full of pits, precipices, and morasses II Samuel 18:17.
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