2 Samuel 2:24-32

New Century Version

²⁴ But Joab and Abishai continued chasing Abner. As the sun was going down, they arrived at the hill of Ammah, near Giah on the way to the desert near Gibeon. ²⁵ The men of Benjamin came to Abner, and all stood together at the top of the hill.

²⁶ Abner shouted to Joab, “Must the sword kill forever? Surely you must know this will only end in sadness! Tell the people to stop chasing their own brothers!”

²⁷ Then Joab said, “As surely as God lives, if you had not said anything, the people would have chased their brothers until morning.” ²⁸ Then Joab blew a trumpet, and his people stopped chasing the Israelites. They did not fight them anymore.

²⁹ Abner and his men marched all night through the Jordan Valley. They crossed the Jordan River, and after marching all day, arrived at Mahanaim.

³⁰ After he had stopped chasing Abner, Joab came back and gathered the people together. Asahel and nineteen of David’s men were missing. ³¹ But David’s men had killed three hundred sixty Benjaminites who had followed Abner. ³² David’s men took Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father at Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night. The sun came up as they reached Hebron.