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.

¹⁶ Then Joab^(A) sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped pursuing Israel, for Joab halted them.

Sheba Rebels Against David

20 Now a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bikri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and shouted,

²² Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice,^(A) and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bikri and threw it to Joab. So he sounded the trumpet, and his men dispersed from the city, each returning to his home. And Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.

¹⁸ and each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked. But the man who sounded the trumpet^(A) stayed with me.

²⁰ Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet,^(A) join us there. Our God will fight^(B) for us!”