¹² Judah was routed by Israel, and every man fled to his home.^(A)

¹⁷ They took Absalom, threw him into a big pit in the forest and piled up^(A) a large heap of rocks^(B) over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled to their homes.

¹⁰ So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated^(A) and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers.

³⁶ As the sun was setting, a cry spread through the army: “Every man to his town. Every man to his land!”^(A)