27. Then Joab said, “If you had not said anything, the people would have chased their brothers until morning. This is as sure as God is alive.”
28. Then Joab blew a trumpet, and his people stopped chasing the Israelites. They did not try to fight them anymore.
29. Abner and his men marched all night through the Jordan Valley. They crossed the Jordan River. After marching all day, they arrived at Mahanaim.