2 Samuel 20:22

New Century Version

Then the woman spoke very wisely to all the people of the city. They cut off the head of Sheba son of Bicri and threw it over the wall to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and the army left the city. Every man returned home, and Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:16

Then Joab blew the trumpet, so the troops stopped chasing the Israelites.

2 Samuel 18:17

Then Joab’s men took Absalom’s body and threw it into a large pit in the forest and filled the pit with many stones. All the Israelites ran away to their homes.

2 Samuel 2:28

Then Joab blew a trumpet, and his people stopped chasing the Israelites. They did not fight them anymore.

2 Samuel 20:1

It happened that a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bicri from the tribe of Benjamin was there. He blew the trumpet and said: “We have no share in David! We have no part in the son of Jesse! People of Israel, let’s go home!”

2 Samuel 20:16

But a wise woman shouted out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here. I want to talk to him!”

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes a person stronger than ten leaders in a city.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

When evil people are not punished right away, it makes others want to do evil, too.