2 Samuel 20:22

New American Bible - revised edition

In her wisdom, the woman went to all the people, and they cut off the head of Sheba, son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He then sounded the horn, and they scattered from the city to their own tents, while Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king. David’s Officials.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:16

Joab then sounded the horn, and the soldiers turned back from the pursuit of the Israelites, because Joab called them to halt.

2 Samuel 18:17

They took Absalom and cast him into a deep pit in the forest, and built up a very large mound of stones over him. And all the Israelites fled to their own tents.

2 Samuel 2:28

Joab then sounded the horn, and all the people came to a halt, pursuing Israel no farther and fighting no more.

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a scoundrel named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the horn and cried out, “We have no share in David, nor any heritage in the son of Jesse. Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”

2 Samuel 20:16

Then a wise woman from the city called out, “Listen, listen! Tell Joab, ‘Come here, so I can speak with you.’”

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom is a better defense for the wise than ten princes in the city,

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not promptly executed, the human heart is filled with the desire to commit evil—