Old Testament · VERSE 16

2 Samuel 18:16

King James Version

And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

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2 Samuel 18:16 in context

2 Samuel 18:14

Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

2 Samuel 18:15

And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

2 Samuel 18:16SELECTED VERSE

And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

2 Samuel 18:17

And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

2 Samuel 18:18

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.

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