2 Samuel 18:8 (KJV)

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For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured

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in the wood.That is, probably, many more were slain in pursuit through the wood than in the battle, by falling into swamps, pits, etc., and being entangled and cut down by David's men. Such is the relation of Josephus; but the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic state, that they were devoured by wild beasts in the wood. Ex 15:10 Jos 10:11 Re 5:9 Re 6:7 1Ki 20:30 Ps 3:7 Ps 43:1

devoured more. Heb. multiplied to devour.

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