2 Samuel 2:28-30

The Voice

²⁸ Joab blew the trumpet to call off the attack against the men of Israel, and all pursuit and battle stopped. ²⁹ Abner and his men went on, traveling all night across the desert plain.^[a] They crossed the Jordan River, and by traveling all morning reached Mahanaim. ³⁰ Joab and his forces, meanwhile, came back together after pursuing Abner. They discovered that in addition to Asahel, 19 of David’s men were missing;