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2 Samuel 2:27-29
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2 Samuel 2:27-29
Living Bible
27 Joab shouted back, “I swear by God that even if you hadn’t spoken, we would all have gone home tomorrow morning.” 28 Then he blew his trumpet and his men stopped chasing the troops of Israel.
29 That night Abner and his men retreated across the Jordan Valley, crossed the river, and traveled all the next morning until they arrived at Mahanaim.
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2 Samuel 2:27-29
New International Version
2 Samuel 2:27-29
New International Version
27 Joab answered, “As surely as God lives, if you had not spoken, the men would have continued pursuing them until morning.”
28 So Joab(A) blew the trumpet,(B) and all the troops came to a halt; they no longer pursued Israel, nor did they fight anymore.
29 All that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah.(C) They crossed the Jordan, continued through the morning hours[a] and came to Mahanaim.(D)
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 2:29 See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
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