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2 Samuel 2:28 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 2 · verse 28
So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.2 Samuel 2:28 · King James Version
2 Samuel 2:28 in context
26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
27And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
28So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
29And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
30And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- trumpetshôwphâra cornet or curved hornH7782 →
- pursuedrâdaphto run after (usually with hostile intentH7291 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- foughtlâchamto feed onH3898 →
- stillʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
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Here, I. Abner, being conquered, meanly begs for a cessation of arms. He rallied the remains of his forces on the top of a hill (Sa2 2:25), as if he would have made head again, but becomes a humble supplicant to Joab for a little breathing-time, Sa2 2:26.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-32