2 Samuel 18:6

⁴And the king said to them, Whatsoever shall seem good in your eyes I will do. And the king stood by the side of the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

⁵And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Spare for my sake the young man Absalom. And all the people heard the king charging all the commanders concerning Absalom.

— 2 Samuel 18:6 —

⁷And the people of Israel fell down there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter in that day, even twenty thousand men.

⁸And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the land: and the wood consumed more of the people than the sword consumed among the people in that day.