16And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;


In Context

13 or I had done against my soul a vain thing, and no matter is hid from the king, and thou — thou dost station thyself over-against.'

14 And Joab saith, 'Not right — I tarry before thee;' and he taketh three darts in his hand, and striketh them into the heart of Absalom, while he is alive, in the midst of the oak.

15 And they go round — ten youths bearing weapons of Joab — and smite Absalom, and put him to death.

16 And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;

17 and they take Absalom and cast him in the forest unto the great pit, and set up over him a very great heap of stones, and all Israel have fled — each to his tent.

18 And Absalom hath taken, and setteth up for himself in his life, the standing-pillar that is in the king's valley, for he said, 'I have no son to cause my name to be remembered;' and he calleth the standing-pillar by his own name, and it is called 'The monument of Absalom' unto this day.

2 Samuel 18:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:16Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped pursuing Israel, for Joab halted them.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:16And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:16And Joab sounded the trumpet, and kept back the people from pursuing after Israel in their flight, being willing to spare the multitude.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:16And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab kept back the people.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:16And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel: for Joab restrained the people.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:16Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:16And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.