2nd Samuel Chapter 18 verse 16 Holy Bible
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
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And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back.
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And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab kept back the people.
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And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
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And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel: for Joab restrained the people.
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Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
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And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - Joab blew the trumpet. Stem and unscrupulous as he was, yet Joab is always statesmanlike. He had slain Absalom more for public than for private reasons, though he may have grimly remembered his own blazing barley field. But the rebellion being now crushed, further slaughter was impolitic, and would only cause sullen displeasure. The people, at the end of the verse, are those under Joab's command, and a translation proposed by some, "Joab wished to spare the people," is to be rejected.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Blew the trumpet.--Comp. 2Samuel 2:28; 2Samuel 20:22. With the death of Absalom the rebellion was at an end, and Joab would stop further slaughter.