27 And Joab said, As God liveth, if thou hadst not [a]spoken, surely even in the morning the people had departed every one back from his brother.

28 ¶ So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they anymore.

29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the [b]plain, and went over Jordan, and past through all Bithron till they came [c]to Mahanaim.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 2:27 If thou hadst not provoked them to battle, as verse 14.
  2. 2 Samuel 2:29 Or, wilderness.
  3. 2 Samuel 2:29 Or, to the tents.

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