Bible Verses About Truce

6 verses · 1 aspect

Key Bible Verses

  1. 2 Samuel 2:26

    Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”

  2. 2 Samuel 2:27

    “As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”

  3. 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.

  4. 2 Samuel 2:29

    And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.

  5. 2 Samuel 2:30

    When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,

  6. 2 Samuel 2:31

    but they had struck down 360 Benjamites who were with Abner.