2 Samuel 18:16

2 Samuel 18:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped pursuing Israel, for Joab halted them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab held back the people.

Context of 2 Samuel 18:16

14Joab said, “I will not waste time with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive [and caught] in the midst of the tree. 15And ten young men, Joab’s armor bearers, surrounded and struck Absalom and killed him. Then Joab blew the trumpet [to signal the end of the combat], and the men returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab held them back. 17They took [down the body of] Absalom and threw him into a deep pit in the forest and set up a huge mound of stones over him. Then all Israel fled, everyone to his own tent. 18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a memorial pillar which is in the King’s Valley, for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in remembrance.” He named the memorial pillar after himself, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.

2 Samuel 18:16 word by word

וַיִּתְקַ֤ע יוֹאָב֙ בַּשֹּׁפָ֔ר וַיָּ֣שָׁב הָעָ֔ם מִרְדֹ֖ף אַחֲרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּֽי־חָשַׂ֥ךְ יוֹאָ֖ב אֶת־הָעָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Joabיוֹאָבyô'âb · JoabH3097
• blewתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
• the trumpetשֹׁפָרshôphâr shôphâr · trumpetH7782
• and the peopleעַם‛am · people: soldiersH5971
• returnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• from pursuingרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• held backחָשַׂךְchâώak · to withholdH2820

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 18:16

• 2 Samuel 2:28So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people halted and no longer pursued Israel, nor did they fight anymore.
• 2 Samuel 20:22Then the woman in her wisdom went to all the people [to inform them of the agreement]. And they beheaded Sheba the son of Bichri and threw his head [down] to Joab. So he blew the trumpet [signaling the end of the attack], and they dispersed from the city, every man to his own tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to [David] the king.
• Numbers 10:2“Make two trumpets of silver; you shall make them of hammered work. You shall use them to summon the congregation and to have the camps move out.
• 1 Corinthians 14:8And if the [war] bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 18:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Joab blew the trumpet - He knew that the rebellion was now extinguished by the death of Absalom; and was not willing that any farther slaughter should be made of the deluded people.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Blew the trumpet - To stop the pursuit and slaughter 2 Samuel 2:28; 2 Samuel 20:22.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 Let young people look upon Absalom, hanging on a tree, accursed, forsaken of heaven and earth; there let them read the Lord's abhorrence of rebellion against parents. Nothing can preserve men from misery and contempt, but heavenly wisdom and the grace of God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. Joab blew the trumpet, ... and held back the people--Knowing that by the death of the usurper there was no occasion for further bloodshed, he put an end to the pursuit and thereby evinced the temperate policy of his conduct. However harsh and unfeeling to the king Joab may appear, there can be no doubt that he acted the part of a wise statesman in regarding the peace and welfare of the kingdom more than his master's private inclinations, which were…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 18:16

• Absalom
• Armies
• Ephraim
• Trumpet

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Joab
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Charge
• Lift
• Pillar
• Rise
• Thrust
• Army

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings