2 Samuel 2:25-27

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁵ The Benjaminites rallied to Abner; they formed a unit and took their stand on top of a hill. ²⁶ Then Abner called out to Joab, ‘Must the sword devour for ever? Don’t you realise this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers? ’

²⁷ ‘As God lives,’ Joab replied, ‘if you had not spoken up, the troops wouldn’t have stopped pursuing their brothers until morning.’^(A)