5. And the king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, "Preserve for me the boy Absalom." And all the people heard the king commanding all the leaders on behalf of Absalom.
6. And so, the people departed into the field against Israel. And the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
7. 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.
8. Now the battle in that place was dispersed over the face of all the land. And there were many more of the people whom the forest had consumed, than the sword had devoured, on that day.