2 Samuel 2:26-28

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁶Then 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) ²⁸Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.