2 Samuel 20:22

God's Word

Then the woman went to all the people with her clever plan. They cut off Sheba’s head and threw it to Joab. He blew the ram’s horn, and everyone scattered and withdrew from the city and went home. Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:16

Joab blew the ram’s horn to stop their ⌞fighting⌟, and the troops returned from pursuing Israel.

2 Samuel 18:17

They took Absalom, threw him into a huge pit in the forest, and piled a large heap of stones over him. Meanwhile, all Israel fled and went back to their homes.

2 Samuel 2:28

So Joab blew a ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped. They didn’t chase or fight Israel anymore.

2 Samuel 20:1

A good-for-nothing man by the name of Sheba, Bichri’s son, from the tribe of Benjamin happened to be at Gilgal. He blew a ram’s horn ⌞to announce⌟, “We have no share in David’s kingdom. We won’t receive an inheritance from Jesse’s son. Everyone to his own tent, Israel!”

2 Samuel 20:16

Then a clever woman called from the city, “Listen, listen! Tell Joab to come here so that I can talk to him.”

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom will help a wise person more than ten rulers can help a city.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

When a sentence against a crime isn’t carried out quickly, people are encouraged to commit crimes.