“So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Samuel 18 contains 33 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.