Then Joab blew the shofar and the troops returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab held back the troops.
Then ten young men who were Joab’s armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck and finished him off.
So Joab blew the shofar, and all the soldiers halted, and pursued Israel no more, nor did they continue to fight any longer.
Then the woman approached all the people wisely. So they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it over to Joab. He then blew the shofar and they were dismissed from the city, each to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
For if the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will prepare himself for battle?
So when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they each departed to his place.