2 Samuel 2:27

And Joab said, As God lives unless thou had spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone up every man from followed his brother.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Know thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before thou bid the people return from following their brothers?

28So Joab blew the trumpet. And all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither did they fight any more.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turns away wrath, but a grievous word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 20:18Every purpose is established by counsel, and by wise guidance make thou war.

Isaiah 47:7And thou said, I shall be mistress forever, so that thou did not lay these things to thy heart, nor remembered the latter end of it.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 2:26-32

25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. 26 Then 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? 27 And 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. 28 So Joab blew a… Read the whole commentary →

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