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American Standard Version
And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
Amplified® Bible
[Absalom's] men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter that day of 20,000 men.
Contemporary English Version
Battles were being fought all over the forest, and David's soldiers were winning. Twenty thousand soldiers were killed that day, and more of them died from the dangers of the forest than from the fighting itself.
Darby English Version
And the people of Israel were routed before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day: twenty thousand men.
Good News Bible
The Israelites were defeated by David's men; it was a terrible defeat, with twenty thousand men killed that day.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
The people of Israel were defeated there before the servants of David, and the slaughter there that day was great, 20,000 men.
New International Version
There the army of Israel was defeated by David's men, and the casualties that day were great—twenty thousand men.
New King James Version
The people of Israel were overthrown there before the servants of David, and a great slaughter of twenty thousand took place there that day.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The people of Israel suffered defeat there before the servants of David, and the slaughter there that day grew immensely, 20,000 men.
Revised Standard Version
And the men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the slaughter there was great on that day, twenty thousand men.
Young's Literal Translation
and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is great on that day -- twenty thousand;
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