2 Samuel 20:22

Good News Translation

Then she went to the people of the city with her plan, and they cut off Sheba's head and threw it over the wall to Joab. He blew the trumpet as a signal for his men to leave the city, and they went back home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:16

Joab had the trumpet blown to stop the fighting, and his troops came back from pursuing the Israelites.

2 Samuel 18:17

They took Absalom's body, threw it into a deep pit in the forest, and covered it with a huge pile of stones. All the Israelites fled to their own hometowns.

2 Samuel 2:28

Then Joab blew the trumpet as a signal for his men to stop pursuing the Israelites; and so the fighting stopped.

2 Samuel 20:1

There happened to be in Gilgal a worthless character named Sheba son of Bikri, of the tribe of Benjamin. He blew the trumpet and called out, “Down with David! We won't follow him! Men of Israel, let's go home!”

2 Samuel 20:16

There was a wise woman in the city who shouted from the wall, “Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here; I want to speak with him.”

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom does more for a person than ten rulers can do for a city.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Why do people commit crimes so readily? Because crime is not punished quickly enough.