Verse 16
2 Samuel 18:16
Noah Webster Bible
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And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel: for Joab restrained 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 numbered the people that were with him, and set over them captains of thousands and captai...
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And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the h...
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But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; ne...
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And the king said to them, What seemeth to you best I will do. 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 ma...
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So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
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Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slau...
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For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more peop...
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And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thi...
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And a certain man saw it , and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
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And Joab said to the man that told him, And behold, thou sawest him , and why didst thou not smite h...
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And the man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in my hand, yet would...
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Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against my own life: for there is no matter hid from the k...
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Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them...
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And ten young men that bore Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
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And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel: for Joab restrained the peo...
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And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of ston...
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Now Absalom in his life-time had taken and raised for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale:...
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Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and inform the king, how the LORD hath avenged h...
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And Joab said to him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day:...
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Then said Joab to Cushi, Go, tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself to Joab, and...
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Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But however, let me also, I pray thee, run aft...
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But however, said he , let me run. And he said to him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain...
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And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate to the wall,...
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And the watchman called, and told the king. And the king said, If he is alone there is tidings in hi...
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And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called to the porter, and said, Behold an...
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And the watchman said, I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of...
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And Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face b...
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And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's se...
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And the king said to him , Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
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And behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee th...
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And the king said to Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, May the enemies of my...
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And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thu...
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