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OET (OET-LV) And_it_became there the_battle scattered[fn][fn] over the_surface of_all the_earth/land and_more the_forest to_devoured in/on/at/with_people than_what it_consumed the_drought//sword/knife in_the_day (the)_that.
OET (OET-RV) but as the battle had spread over the entire area, the forest killed more people that day than the sword.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
(Occurrence 0) more men were consumed by the forest than by the sword
(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_became there the,battle spread on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of all the=earth/land and,more the,forest to,devoured in/on/at/with,people than,what eating the=drought//sword/knife in_the=day (the)=that )
Here “the forest” is described as if it were alive and could act. Alternate translation: “dangerous things in the forest killed more men than David’s soldiers killed with their swords”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
“The sword” refers to David’s soldiers who fought with swords.
18:8 more men died because of the forest: The topographical conditions of the forest apparently took away the numerical advantage of Absalom’s forces.
OET (OET-LV) And_it_became there the_battle scattered[fn][fn] over the_surface of_all the_earth/land and_more the_forest to_devoured in/on/at/with_people than_what it_consumed the_drought//sword/knife in_the_day (the)_that.
OET (OET-RV) but as the battle had spread over the entire area, the forest killed more people that day than the sword.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.