2 Samuel 18:16 - Modern English Version

¹⁶ When Joab blew the horn, the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab held back the people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained and spared them.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped chasing the Israelites, because Joab held them back.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and he held back the people, lest they pursue Israel in their flight, for he was willing to spare the multitude.

2 Samuel 18:16 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 18:15

Then ten young men, armor bearers for Joab, gathered around and struck down Absalom, killing him.

2 Samuel 2:28

So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still. They pursued Israel no longer, nor did they continue to fight anymore.

2 Samuel 20:22

The woman, with her wisdom, came to all of the people in the city, and they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri. When they threw it to Joab, he blew the horn, and they dispersed from the city, each going to his own tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

1 Corinthians 14:8

If the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle?

Judges 9:55

Then the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, so everyone went home.