2 Samuel 18:8

8 A batalha espalhou-se por toda a região e, naquele dia, a floresta matou mais que a espada.

2 Samuel 18:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:8

For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the
country
Or the warriors were scattered, as the Targum; Absalom's soldiers, their ranks were broken, and they were thrown into the utmost confusion, and ran about here and there all over the field or plain in which the battle was fought, and into the neighbouring wood:

and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured;
there were more slain in it the in the field of battle, what by one thing or another; as by falling into pits and on stumps of trees, and being entangled in the bushes, and could make but little haste, and so were overtaken by David's men, and slain; insomuch that, as Josephus

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 observes, there were more slain fleeing than fighting, and perhaps some might perish by wild beasts; so the Targum,

``and the beasts of the wood slew more of the people than were slain by the sword;''

and so the Syriac and Arabic versions render the words to the same purpose.

F8 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 10. sect. 2.)

2 Samuel 18:8 In-Context

6 O exército saiu a campo para enfrentar Israel, e a batalha aconteceu na floresta de Efraim,

7 onde o exército de Israel foi derrotado pelos soldados de Davi. Houve grande matança naquele dia, elevando-se o número de mortos a vinte mil.

8 A batalha espalhou-se por toda a região e, naquele dia, a floresta matou mais que a espada.

9 Durante a batalha, Absalão, montado em sua mula, encontrou-se com os soldados de Davi. Passando a mula debaixo dos galhos de uma grande árvore, Absalão ficou preso nos galhos pela cabeça. Ficou pendurado entre o céu e a terra, e a mula prosseguiu.

10 Um homem o viu e informou a Joabe: “Acabei de ver Absalão pendurado numa grande árvore”.