2 Samuel 2:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the people stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or fought anymore.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued Israel no more, neither did they fight anymore.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    So Joab{H3097} blew{H8628} the trumpet;{H7782} and all the people{H5971} stood still,{H5975} and pursued{H7291} after{H310} Israel{H3478} no more, neither fought{H3898} they any more.{H3254}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    So Joab{H3097} blew{H8628}{(H8799)} a trumpet{H7782}, and all the people{H5971} stood still{H5975}{(H8799)}, and pursued{H7291}{(H8799)} after{H310} Israel{H3478} no more, neither fought{H3898}{(H8736)} they any more{H3254}{(H8804)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And Ioab blewe the trompet, & all the people stode still, and folowed nomore vpon Israel, nether foughte they eny more.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    So Ioab blew a trumpet, and all the people stoode still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And so Ioab blewe a trumpet, and all the people stoode still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and all the people stand still, and pursue no more after Israel, nor have they added any more to fight.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So Joab had a horn sounded, and all the people came to a stop, and gave up going after Israel and fighting them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then Joab blew the ram’s horn and all the people stopped in their tracks. They stopped chasing Israel and ceased fighting.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Sam 18:15-16
    2 verses
    86%

    15 Ten of Joab’s young armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.

    16 Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops stopped pursuing Israel, for Joab had restrained them.

  • 2 Sam 2:24-27
    4 verses
    79%

    24 But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. As the sun was setting, they came to the hill of Ammah, near Giah, on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

    25 The men of Benjamin rallied to Abner, formed a single group, and took their stand on the top of a hill.

    26 Abner called out to Joab and said, 'Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long will you delay telling the people to stop pursuing their brothers?'

    27 Joab answered, 'As surely as God lives, if you had not spoken, the people would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.'

  • 2 Sam 2:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29 Abner and his men marched through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan, traveled through the Bithron, and arrived at Mahanaim.

    30 Joab stopped pursuing Abner and gathered all the troops. Nineteen of David’s men were missing, along with Asahel.

  • 1 Chr 21:4
    73%

    4 Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab went out and traveled throughout all Israel, and then he returned to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 19:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 Joab and the troops who were with him advanced against the Arameans to fight, and they fled before him.

    15 When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled before Abishai, Joab's brother, and went back into the city. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 10:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him.

    14 When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and went back to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 24:4
    71%

    4 Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed over Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders went out from the presence of the king to count the people of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 20:22
    70%

    22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. He blew the horn, and the troops dispersed from the city, each returning to his home. And Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 13:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14 When Judah turned, they saw that the battle was in front of them and behind them. They cried out to the LORD, and the priests blew the trumpets.

    15 Then the men of Judah raised a battle cry, and as they shouted, God struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

  • 2 Sam 20:13
    70%

    13 After he was removed from the road, everyone continued on after Joab to pursue Sheba, son of Bichri.

  • 1 Kgs 1:41
    69%

    41 Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard the sound as they finished their meal. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, "Why is there such a commotion in the city?"

  • 2 Chr 18:32
    69%

    32 When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from pursuing him.

  • Judg 3:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27 When he arrived there, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went down with him from the hills, with him leading them.

    28 He said to them, 'Follow me, for the Lord has given your enemies, the Moabites, into your hands.' So they followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.

  • Josh 8:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16 All the people of Ai were summoned to pursue them. They chased after Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

    17 Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. They left the city unguarded and pursued Israel.

  • Judg 7:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21 Each man stood in his place around the camp, and the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled.

    22 When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the LORD caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

  • 1 Kgs 2:28
    68%

    28 When the news reached Joab—who had supported Adonijah but not Absalom—he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

  • 2 Sam 2:19
    68%

    19 Asahel pursued Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he chased him.

  • Josh 6:10
    68%

    10 But Joshua had commanded the people, 'Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, and do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!'

  • 2 Sam 20:11
    68%

    11 One of Joab's men stood by Amasa and said, "Whoever is loyal to Joab and whoever is for David, follow Joab!"

  • 2 Chr 13:12
    68%

    12 Now look, God is with us at our head, and His priests with their trumpets are ready to sound the battle cry against you. People of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.

  • 2 Sam 11:18
    68%

    18 Joab sent David a full report of the battle.

  • 2 Sam 3:22-24
    3 verses
    68%

    22 Just then, David’s men and Joab returned from a raid, bringing a large amount of plunder, but Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David had sent him away in peace.

    23 When Joab and all the soldiers who were with him arrived, they were told, 'Abner son of Ner came to the king, and the king sent him away in peace.'

    24 So Joab went to the king and said, 'What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he is gone!'

  • 1 Kgs 12:24
    68%

    24 This is what the LORD says: You shall not march up to fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Return home, for this is my doing." So they obeyed the word of the LORD and went back as the LORD had commanded.

  • 1 Kgs 22:33
    67%

    33 When the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they stopped pursuing him.

  • 2 Chr 11:4
    67%

    4 ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not go up or fight against your brothers. Return every man to his house, for this matter is from Me.’” So they obeyed the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.

  • Ezek 7:14
    67%

    14 They have blown the trumpet and prepared everything, but no one goes out to battle, for my anger is against all their multitude.

  • Josh 6:20
    67%

    20 When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted. At the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a great shout, the wall collapsed. Each person charged straight in, and they captured the city.

  • 2 Sam 18:6
    67%

    6 The army went out to the field to confront Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

  • 1 Chr 27:24
    67%

    24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count, but he did not finish. Wrath came on Israel because of this census, and the number was not recorded in the chronicles of King David.

  • 2 Chr 15:14
    67%

    14 They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with rams' horns.

  • 1 Sam 17:52
    66%

    52 The men of Israel and Judah rose up, shouted, and pursued the Philistines all the way to the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. The dead Philistines lay scattered along the road to Shaaraim, as far as Gath and Ekron.

  • 1 Chr 19:11
    66%

    11 He placed the rest of the troops under the command of his brother Abishai, and they arranged to confront the Ammonites.

  • 2 Sam 20:2
    66%

    2 So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba, son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed loyal to their king, from the Jordan all the way to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 20:17
    66%

    17 You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.'

  • 2 Sam 3:30
    66%

    30 (Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)