2 Samuel 2:27-29

Contemporary English Version

²⁷ Joab shouted back, “I swear by the living God, if you hadn't spoken, my men would have chased their relatives all night!” ²⁸ Joab took his trumpet and blew the signal for his soldiers to stop chasing the soldiers of Israel. At once, the fighting stopped.

²⁹ Abner and his troops marched through the Jordan River valley all that night. Then they crossed the river and marched all morning^[a] until they arrived back at Mahanaim.