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.

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.

And the people of Israel were defeated there by David's army, and a great slaughter was made that day of twenty thousand men.

And the people of Israel were routed before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day: twenty thousand men.

and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is great on that day, twenty thousand;

And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.

And the people of Israel were cut down in that place by the army of David. And a great slaughter occurred on that day: twenty thousand men.

Twenty thousand men - Whether these were slain on the field of battle, or whether they were reckoned with those slain in the wood of Ephraim, we know not.

Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David,.... That is, the people of Israel that were under Absalom, these were beaten by David's army:
and there was a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men; including both those that fell in the field of battle, and that were slain in the pursuit; and this is to be understood only of Absalom's party.

the people of Israel were slain--This designation, together with the immense slaughter mentioned later, shows the large extent to which the people were enlisted in this unhappy civil contest.