^{6 Ref} So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the fight took place in the woods of Ephraim.

^{7 Ref} 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.

^{8 Ref} And the fighting went on over all the face of the country: and the woods were responsible for more deaths than the sword.