2 Samuel 18:16

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2 Samuel 18:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.

15 And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.

16 Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.

17 They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.

18 During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.

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2 Samuel 2:28

So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.

2 Samuel 20:22

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. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

Numbers 10:2

“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.

Numbers 10:3

When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 10:4

But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.

Numbers 10:5

When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.

Numbers 10:6

When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.

Numbers 10:7

To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.

Numbers 10:8

The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.

Numbers 10:9

When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.

Numbers 10:10

And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”

1 Corinthians 14:8

Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?