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2 Samuel 2:28
“So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 2
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Don't you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?
Joab said, "As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother.
So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.
Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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