2 Samuel 18:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ Then Joab blew the shofar and the troops returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab held back the troops.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained and spared them.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped chasing the Israelites, because Joab held them back.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and he held back the people, lest they pursue Israel in their flight, for he was willing to spare the multitude.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And Joab sounded the trumpet, and kept back the people from pursuing after Israel in their flight, being willing to spare the multitude.

2 Samuel 18:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 18:15

Then ten young men who were Joab’s armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck and finished him off.

2 Samuel 2:28

So Joab blew the shofar, and all the soldiers halted, and pursued Israel no more, nor did they continue to fight any longer.

2 Samuel 20:22

Then the woman approached all the people wisely. So they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it over to Joab. He then blew the shofar and they were dismissed from the city, each to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

1 Corinthians 14:8

For if the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will prepare himself for battle?

Judges 9:55

So when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each departed to his place.