2 Samuel 2:25-27

New International Version - UK

²⁵ Then the men of Benjamin rallied behind Abner. They formed themselves into a group and took their stand on top of a hill.

²⁶ Abner called out to Joab, ‘Must the sword devour for ever? Don’t you realise that this will end in bitterness? How long before you order your men to stop pursuing their fellow Israelites?’

²⁷ Joab answered, ‘As surely as God lives, if you had not spoken, the men would have continued pursuing them until morning.’