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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab held back the people.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and his men returned from chasing the army of Israel.

Context of 2 Samuel 18:16

14Joab said, "I will not waste time like this with you." And he took three javelins in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak. 15And ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him and killed him. Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained them. 17And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest and raised over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled every one to his own home. 18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar that is in the King's Valley, for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance." He called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's monument to this day.

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 men stopped and pursued Israel no more, nor did they fight anymore.
• 2 Samuel 20:22Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
• Numbers 10:2"Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for breaking camp.
• 1 Corinthians 14:8And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready 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