2 Samuel 20:22
And the woman went in to all the people, and she spoke to all the city in her wisdom; and they took off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri; and took it away and threw it to Joab: and he blew the trumpet, and the people separated from the city away from him, every man to his tent: and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
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2 Samuel 2:28And Joab sounded the trumpet, and all the people departed, and did not pursue after Israel, and did not fight any longer.
2 Samuel 11:6And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite; and Joab sent Uriah to David.
2 Samuel 18:17And he took Absalom, and cast him into a great cavern in the wood, into a deep pit, and set up over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled every man to his tent.
2 Samuel 20:16And a wise woman cried from the wall, and said, Hear, hear; say, I pray ye, to Joab, Draw near hither, and I will speak to him.
Ecclesiastes 8:11Because there is no contradiction made 1 On the part of those who do evil quickly, 1 Therefore the heart of the children of men 1 Is fully determined in them to do evil. 1
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 20:15-23
Sheba Pursued. ( b. c. 1023.) 14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. 15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. 16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with… Read the whole commentary →