2 Samuel 18:1

And David numbered the people that were with him,.... Which Josephus says (d) were four thousand; but one would think there should be more by what follows:

and set captains of thousands and captains…

And set captains of thousands - By this time David's small company was greatly recruited; but what its number was we cannot tell. Josephus says it amounted to four thousand men. Others have supposed…

Which way David raised an army here, and what reinforcements were sent him, we are not told; many, it is likely, from all the coasts of Israel, at least from the neighbouring tribes, came in to his…

2Sa 18:1-8. The battle in the forest of Ephraim

1. And David, &c. The events here recorded cannot have followed immediately on David's arrival at Mahanaim. An interval of a few weeks must be assumed,…