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Sunday, July 20th, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Hebrew Names Version
2 Samuel 18:16
Yo'av blew the shofar, and the people returned from pursuing after Yisra'el; for Yo'av held back the people.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab restrained them.
Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab restrained them.
King James Version
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
Lexham English Bible
Then Joab blew on the trumpet and the troops returned from pursuing after Israel, for Joab kept back the troops.
Then Joab blew on the trumpet and the troops returned from pursuing after Israel, for Joab kept back the troops.
English Standard Version
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained them.
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained them.
New Century Version
Then Joab blew the trumpet, so the troops stopped chasing the Israelites.
Then Joab blew the trumpet, so the troops stopped chasing the Israelites.
New English Translation
Then Joab blew the trumpet and the army turned back from chasing Israel, for Joab had called for the army to halt.
Then Joab blew the trumpet and the army turned back from chasing Israel, for Joab had called for the army to halt.
Amplified Bible
Then Joab blew the trumpet [to signal the end of the combat], and the men returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab held them back.
Then Joab blew the trumpet [to signal the end of the combat], and the men returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab held them back.
New American Standard Bible
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ioab blewe the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Ioab helde backe the people.
Then Ioab blewe the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Ioab helde backe the people.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
Contemporary English Version
Then Joab blew a trumpet to signal his troops to stop chasing Israel's soldiers.
Then Joab blew a trumpet to signal his troops to stop chasing Israel's soldiers.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yo'av sounded the shofar, and the people returned from pursuing Isra'el, because Yo'av held back the troops.
Yo'av sounded the shofar, and the people returned from pursuing Isra'el, because Yo'av held back the troops.
Darby Translation
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab kept back the people.
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab kept back the people.
Easy-to-Read Version
Joab blew the trumpet and called the people to stop chasing Israelites.
Joab blew the trumpet and called the people to stop chasing Israelites.
George Lamsa Translation
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel; for Joab had held back the people.
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel; for Joab had held back the people.
Good News Translation
Joab had the trumpet blown to stop the fighting, and his troops came back from pursuing the Israelites.
Joab had the trumpet blown to stop the fighting, and his troops came back from pursuing the Israelites.
Literal Translation
And Joab blew the ram's horn, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab had held the people back.
And Joab blew the ram's horn, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab had held the people back.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then blewe Ioab the trompe, and broughte the people agayne, that they shulde folowe nomore vpon Israel. For Ioab wolde fauoure the people.
Then blewe Ioab the trompe, and broughte the people agayne, that they shulde folowe nomore vpon Israel. For Ioab wolde fauoure the people.
American Standard Version
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
Bible in Basic English
And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back.
And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Ioab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from folowing Israel: for Ioab held backe the people.
And Ioab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from folowing Israel: for Ioab held backe the people.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Joab blew the horn, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
And Joab blew the horn, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
King James Version (1611)
And Ioab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Ioab helde backe the people.
And Ioab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Ioab helde backe the people.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab spared the people.
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab spared the people.
English Revised Version
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli Joab sownede with a clarioun, and withhelde the puple, lest it pursuede Israel fleynge, and he wolde spare the multitude.
Sotheli Joab sownede with a clarioun, and withhelde the puple, lest it pursuede Israel fleynge, and he wolde spare the multitude.
Young's Literal Translation
And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;
And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;
Update Bible Version
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel: for Joab restrained the people.
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel: for Joab restrained the people.
World English Bible
Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
New King James Version
So Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab held back the people.
So Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab held back the people.
New Living Translation
Then Joab blew the ram's horn, and his men returned from chasing the army of Israel.
Then Joab blew the ram's horn, and his men returned from chasing the army of Israel.
New Life Bible
Then Joab sounded the horn, and all the people returned from going after Israel, for Joab stopped them.
Then Joab sounded the horn, and all the people returned from going after Israel, for Joab stopped them.
New Revised Standard
Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the troops.
Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the troops.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Joab blew with a horn, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, - for Joab had restrained the people.
Then Joab blew with a horn, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, - for Joab had restrained the people.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joab sounded the trumpet, and kept back the people from pursuing after Israel in their flight, being willing to spare the multitude.
And Joab sounded the trumpet, and kept back the people from pursuing after Israel in their flight, being willing to spare the multitude.
Revised Standard Version
Then Jo'ab blew the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel; for Jo'ab restrained them.
Then Jo'ab blew the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel; for Jo'ab restrained them.
THE MESSAGE
Joab then blew the ram's horn trumpet, calling off the army in its pursuit of Israel. They took Absalom, dumped him into a huge pit in the forest, and piled an immense mound of rocks over him. Meanwhile the whole army of Israel was in flight, each man making his own way home.
Joab then blew the ram's horn trumpet, calling off the army in its pursuit of Israel. They took Absalom, dumped him into a huge pit in the forest, and piled an immense mound of rocks over him. Meanwhile the whole army of Israel was in flight, each man making his own way home.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
Contextual Overview
9 Avshalom happened to meet the servants of David. Avshalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and eretz; and the mule that was under him went on. 10 A certain man saw it, and told Yo'av, and said, Behold, I saw Avshalom hanging in an oak. 11 Yo'av said to the man who told him, Behold, you saw it, and why didn't you strike him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten [pieces of] silver, and a sash. 12 The man said to Yo'av, Though I should receive a thousand [pieces of] silver in my hand, I still wouldn't put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged you and Avishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Avshalom. 13 Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hid from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against [me]. 14 Then said Yo'av, I may not wait thus with you. He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Avshalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. 15 Ten young men who bore Yo'av's armor compassed about and struck Avshalom, and killed him. 16 Yo'av blew the shofar, and the people returned from pursuing after Yisra'el; for Yo'av held back the people. 17 They took Avshalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones: and all Yisra'el fled everyone to his tent. 18 Now Avshalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Avshalom's monument, to this day.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
blew the trumpet: 2 Samuel 2:28, 2 Samuel 20:22, Numbers 10:2-10, 1 Corinthians 14:8
Reciprocal: Judges 9:55 - General
Cross-References
Acts 15:3
They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Shomron, declaring the conversion of the Goyim. They caused great joy to all the brothers.
They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Shomron, declaring the conversion of the Goyim. They caused great joy to all the brothers.
Acts 20:38
sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. They brought him on his way to the ship.
sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. They brought him on his way to the ship.
Acts 21:5
When it happened that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.
When it happened that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.
Romans 15:24
whenever I journey to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.
whenever I journey to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.
3 John 1:6
They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God,
They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Joab blew the trumpet,.... As the sign of a retreat:
and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; upon the sound of the trumpet, the meaning of which they understood:
for Joab held back the people: from shedding any more blood; the head of the conspiracy being removed, the thing would be crushed at once; and Joab neither chose to slay any more, nor take any prisoners, to be tried as traitors, being unawares, without thought, drawn into this rebellion.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Blew the trumpet - To stop the pursuit and slaughter 2 Samuel 2:28; 2 Samuel 20:22.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Samuel 18:16. Joab 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.
