2 Samuel 2:27

Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother.”

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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 forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long will it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?”

28So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still and pursued Israel no more, and they fought no more.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:14Abner said to Joab, “Please let the young men arise and compete before us!” Joab said, “Let them arise!”

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

Proverbs 20:18Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!

Isaiah 47:7You said, ‘I will be a princess forever,’ so that you didn’t lay these things to your heart, nor did you remember the results.

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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