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2 Samuel 2:24-32
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24 But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. As the sun was setting, they came to the hill of Ammah, which is next to Giah on the way to the Wilderness of Gibeon. 25 The sons of Benjamin gathered to the rear of Abner into a single formation, and they took their stand atop one of the hills.

26 Abner called to Joab, “Must the sword consume forever? Do you not understand that a bitter taste will result in the end? How long will you refuse to command the people to withdraw from chasing their brothers?”

27 Joab responded, “As God lives, I assure you that if you had not said this, the people would have each pursued his brother throughout the night.”

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

29 So Abner and his men traveled through the Arabah all that night, crossed the Jordan, and marched all morning until they returned to Mahanaim.

30 Joab refrained from pursuing Abner, but instead mustered all of the people. There were nineteen men besides Asahel missing from among the servants of David. 31 But the servants of David routed Benjamin and the men of Abner; three hundred and sixty of their men died. 32 They carried Asahel back and interred him in his father’s tomb, which was at Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men traveled throughout the night and reached Hebron at dawn.

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2 Samuel 2:24-32
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24 So Joab and Abishai pursued[a] Abner when[b] the sun went down. And they came to the hill country of Ammah, which is before Giah[c] on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon. 25 The descendants[d] of Benjamin rallied after Abner, and they became as one fighting group and stood on the top of a certain hill. 26 Then Abner called to Joab and said, “Will the sword devour forever? Do you not know that there will be bitterness in the end? How long[e] will you not tell the people to turn away from pursuing[f] their brothers?” 27 Joab said, “As God lives,[g] for if you had not spoken, the people would surely have gone up in the morning, each one of them from following after[h] his brother.” 28 Then Joab blew on the trumpet and all the people stopped, and they no longer pursued after Israel, and they did not fight with them again.

29 Then Abner and his men went through the Arabah all that night, and they crossed over the Jordan. They went all the forenoon and came to Mahanaim. 30 After Joab returned from pursuing[i] Abner, he gathered all the people; nineteen of the servants of David were missing along with Asahel. 31 The servants of David had killed some of the Benjaminites among the men of Abner; three hundred and sixty men had died. 32 Then they picked up Asahel and buried him in the grave of his father, which was at Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all that night arriving in Hebron at first light.[j]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 2:24 Hebrew “pursued after”
  2. 2 Samuel 2:24 Literally “and”
  3. 2 Samuel 2:24 Literally “lies on the face of Giah”
  4. 2 Samuel 2:25 Or “sons”
  5. 2 Samuel 2:26 Literally “And up to when”
  6. 2 Samuel 2:26 Literally “from after”
  7. 2 Samuel 2:27 Literally “The life of God”
  8. 2 Samuel 2:27 Literally “from after”
  9. 2 Samuel 2:30 Hebrew “after”
  10. 2 Samuel 2:32 Literally “it became light for them in Hebron”
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