2 Samuel 18:5-7

Revised Geneva Translation

⁵ And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Engage the young man Absalom gently, for my sake.” And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

⁶ So, the people went out into the field to meet Israel. And the battle was in the Forest of Ephraim,

⁷ where the people of Israel were killed before the servants of David. So, there was a great slaughter that day, of twenty thousand.