KJV ¹ And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.

VULC ¹ Igitur considerato David populo suo, constituit super eos tribunos et centuriones,

KJV ² And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

VULC ² et dedit populi tertiam partem sub manu Joab, et tertiam partem sub manu Abisai filii Sarviæ fratris Joab, et tertiam partem sub manu Ethai, qui erat de Geth. Dixitque rex ad populum : Egrediar et ego vobiscum.

KJV ³ But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.

VULC ³ Et respondit populus : Non exibis : sive enim fugerimus, non magnopere ad eos de nobis pertinebit : sive media pars ceciderit e nobis, non satis curabunt, quia tu unus pro decem millibus computaris : melius est igitur ut sis nobis in urbe præsidio.

KJV ⁴ And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.

VULC ⁴ Ad quos rex ait : Quod vobis videtur rectum, hoc faciam. Stetit ergo rex juxta portam : egrediebaturque populus per turmas suas centeni et milleni.

KJV ⁵ And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

VULC ⁵ Et præcepit rex Joab, et Abisai, et Ethai, dicens : Servate mihi puerum Absalom. Et omnis populus audiebat præcipientem regem cunctis principibus pro Absalom.

KJV ⁶ So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

VULC ⁶ Itaque egressus est populus in campum contra Israël, et factum est prælium in saltu Ephraim.

KJV ⁷ 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.

VULC ⁷ Et cæsus est ibi populus Israël ab exercitu David, factaque est plaga magna in die illa, viginti millium.

KJV ⁸ For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

VULC ⁸ Fuit autem ibi prælium dispersum super faciem omnis terræ, et multo plures erant quos saltus consumpserat de populo, quam hi quos voraverat gladius in die illa.