region

Ephraim

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Battles and sieges

1. c. 980 BCAbsalom's army defeated in the wood of Ephraim 2 Sam 18:6–17
   David's men under Joab, Abishai and Ittai against Israel under Absalom. Twenty thousand fall and the wood devours more than the sword; Absalom, caught in an oak, is killed by Joab.

Verses (1)

2 Sam 18:6

So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

King James Version

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