KJV:
Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
NASB:
Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, "This is what Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have counseled.
KJV:
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
NASB:
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
KJV:
So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
NASB:
And Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
KJV:
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
NASB:
Then the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
KJV:
Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
NASB:
The people of Israel were defeated there before the servants of David, and the slaughter there that day was great, 20,000 men.
KJV:
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
NASB:
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
KJV:
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
NASB:
They took Absalom and cast him into a deep pit in the forest and erected over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled, each to his tent.
KJV:
Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
NASB:
So the king arose and sat in the gate. When they told all the people, saying, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate," then all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled, each to his tent.
KJV:
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
NASB:
All the people were quarreling throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and saved us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
KJV:
And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.
NASB:
Then King David sent to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, saying, "Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, 'Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the word of all Israel has come to the king, even to his house?