Verse 16
2 Samuel 18:16
Darby Translation
16
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab kept back the people.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּתְקַ֤ע יוֹאָב֙ בַּ/שֹּׁפָ֔ר וַ/יָּ֣שָׁב הָ/עָ֔ם מִ/רְדֹ֖ף אַחֲרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּֽי חָשַׂ֥ךְ יוֹאָ֖ב אֶת הָ/עָֽם
English Translation
And Joab blew the horn, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab had restrained the people.
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Chapter 18 Context
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And David marshalled the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hu...
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And David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the han...
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But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth, for if we should in any case flee, they will not care...
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And the king said to them, I will do what is good in your sight. And the king stood by the gate-side...
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And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, [Deal] gently for my sake with the young...
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And the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
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And the people of Israel were routed before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter t...
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And the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more pe...
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And Absalom found himself in the presence of David's servants. And Absalom was riding upon a mule, a...
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And a man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.
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And Joab said to the man that told him, And behold, thou sawest [him], and why didst thou not smite...
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And the man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand silver pieces in my hand, yet would I n...
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Or I should have acted falsely against mine own life, for there is no matter concealed from the king...
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Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust the...
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And ten young men that bore Joab's armour surrounded and smote Absalom, and killed him.
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And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab kept back th...
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And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and raised a very great heap of st...
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18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a monument, which is in the king's d...
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And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, Let me run, I pray, and carry the king the news that Jehovah has...
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And Joab said to him, Thou shalt not be a bearer of news to-day, but thou shalt carry the news anoth...
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Then said Joab to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what thou hast seen. And the Cushite bowed himself...
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And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, Come what may, let me, I pray thee, also run af...
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But, come what may, let me run. And he said to him, Run. And Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, an...
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And David sat between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate, on to the wal...
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And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is news in his m...
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And the watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the porter and said, Behold a m...
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And the watchman said, I see the running of the foremost like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zado...
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And Ahimaaz called and said to the king, Peace! And he fell down to the earth on his face before the...
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And the king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And Ahimaaz said, I saw a great tumult whe...
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And the king said, Turn aside [and] stand here. And he turned aside and stood still.
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And behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, Let my lord the king receive good tidings, for J...
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And the king said to the Cushite, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And the Cushite said, The e...
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And the king was much moved, and went up to the upper chamber of the gate, and wept; and as he went,...
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