4-6 David said, “All right, if you think I should.”Then in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear, he said, “Joab! Abishai! Ittai! For my sake, be sure that Absalom comes back unharmed.”David stood beside the town gate as his army marched past in groups of 100 and in groups of 1,000.The war with Israel took place in Ephraim Forest.