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

14But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree. 15And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him. Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them. 17They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home. 18During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, 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

• Then Joabיוֹאָבyô'âb · JoabH3097
• blewתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
• the ram’s hornשֹׁפָרshôphâr shôphâr · trumpetH7782
• and the troopsעַם‛am · people: soldiersH5971
• broke offשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• their pursuitרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• their pursuitאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• had restrained themחָשַׂךְchâώak · to withholdH2820

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 18:16

• 2 Samuel 2:28So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.
• 2 Samuel 20:22Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
• Numbers 10:2“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.
• 1 Corinthians 14:8Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare 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