2 Samuel 20:22

Bible in Basic English 1965

Then the woman in her wisdom had talk with all the town. And they had Sheba's head cut off and sent out to Joab. And he had the horn sounded, and sent them all away from the town, every man to his tent. And Joab went back to Jerusalem to the king.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:16

And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back.

2 Samuel 18:17

And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent.

2 Samuel 2:28

So Joab had a horn sounded, and all the people came to a stop, and gave up going after Israel and fighting them.

2 Samuel 20:1

Now by chance there was present a good-for-nothing person named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he, sounding the horn, said, We have no part in David, or any interest in the son of Jesse: let every man go to his tent, O Israel.

2 Samuel 20:16

Then a wise woman got up on the wall, and crying out from the town, said, Give ear, give ear; say now to Joab, Come near, so that I may have talk with you.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.