2 Samuel 18:16
Then Joab blew the ram's horn, and his men stopped chasing the Israelites because Joab had signaled them to stop.
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15Ten of Joab's armor-bearers surrounded Absalom and hacked him to death.
Cross References
Numbers 10:2“Make two trumpets out of hammered silver. They are to be used for summoning the Israelites and to have the camp move out.
2 Samuel 2:28Joab blew the horn so all the men stopped—they didn't continue chasing or fighting the Israelites.
1 Corinthians 14:8Similarly, if the trumpet doesn't give a clear sound, who will get ready for battle?
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 18:10-19
The Death of Absalom. ( b. c. 1023.) 9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. 10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak. 11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the… Read the whole commentary →