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:
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.
NASB:
For the battle there was spread over the whole countryside, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
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 the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
NASB:
The victory that day was turned to mourning for all the people, for the people heard it said that day, "The king is grieved for his son."
KJV:
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
NASB:
So the people went by stealth into the city that day, as people who are humiliated steal away when they flee in battle.
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.