26. Then Abner called to Joab, “Should this slaughter go on forever? Don’t you know this will end in bitterness? How long will it be before you will call off your troops from chasing their relatives?”
27. Joab answered, “I solemnly swear, as God lives, if you had not spoken, the men would not have stopped chasing their relatives until morning.”
28. So Joab blew a ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped. They didn’t chase or fight Israel anymore.
29. Abner and his men marched through the plains all that night. They crossed the Jordan River and passed through the entire Bithron until they came to Mahanaim.
30. Joab returned from chasing Abner. When he had gathered all the troops, ⌊only⌋ 19 of David’s officers and Asahel were missing.
31. However, David’s officers had killed 360 of the men of Benjamin under Abner’s command.
32. They took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and arrived at Hebron by daybreak.