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2nd Samuel Chapter 18 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndSamuel 18:16

And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
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BBE 2ndSamuel 18:16

And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back.
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DARBY 2ndSamuel 18:16

And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab kept back the people.
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KJV 2ndSamuel 18:16

And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
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WBT 2ndSamuel 18:16

And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel: for Joab restrained the people.
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WEB 2ndSamuel 18:16

Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
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YLT 2ndSamuel 18:16

And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - Joab blew the trumpet. Stem and unscrupulous as he was, yet Joab is always statesmanlike. He had slain Absalom more for public than for private reasons, though he may have grimly remembered his own blazing barley field. But the rebellion being now crushed, further slaughter was impolitic, and would only cause sullen displeasure. The people, at the end of the verse, are those under Joab's command, and a translation proposed by some, "Joab wished to spare the people," is to be rejected.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Blew the trumpet.--Comp. 2Samuel 2:28; 2Samuel 20:22. With the death of Absalom the rebellion was at an end, and Joab would stop further slaughter.